Olds News

Olds RCMP are urging motorists to drive carefully, because traditionally, the rate of fatal collisions involving alcohol skyrockets during spring and summer.

The policies and priorities committee heard a delegation from the Olds RCMP on April 11, who reported that most crimes had declined during 2015.

An Olds college student's prize-winning idea to make use of spent grains from the brewery process has huge potential, he says.

The Olds Hospital and Care Centre has three ETAC transfer aids, thanks to the Olds Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 105). The legion covered the entire $1,763.21 cost for the aids, which will serve veterans and the community as a whole.

A motorcyclist has been hit with a $2,875 fine and an eight-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to several driving offences in the Bowden-Olds area – including going 65 km/h over the speed limit.

Winter Lake has become home to an invasive species – goldfish. It's not clear how many of them have populated the water body but the town believes the fish have been dumped by people who no longer want them as pets.

Although it was only built last year, renovations to the splash park began last week. Park N Play, the company that built the park, is correcting the slope of the outer ring of the cement pad to fix drainage issues encountered last summer.

As the legislature scrutinizes last week's provincial budget more closely, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Nathan Cooper says he'll learn more details about how precisely it will affect residents here.

The sidewalk sales and café bylaw might not be passed by the start of summer but town administration says it will work fast on public engagement. "I don't believe it will be done for May.

Twenty-three Olds Hospital and Care Centre employees have received awards for long-standing, dedicated service. Those receiving awards during a staff appreciation celebration at the site included retirees Theresa Burnett, Ellen Rowe and Gerry Zelmer.