Olds News

It was more than 25 years ago when Mayor Robb Stuart was sitting with friends in the Bowden Hotel when he was jolted from his chair by a thunderously explosive crack from outside. He was literally thunderstruck.

Olds will not host a start point for the Tour of Alberta this year. On advice from administration, council rejected Tour of Alberta's request to have Olds host the Stage 4 start during its March 14 meeting.

Bowden town councillors are welcoming a proposed new grain terminal to be constructed near the town. They say it'll be good for local businesses and give farmers a place to haul their grain to as they look for the best price they can get.

Josiah Schut is a 4.0 grade point average agriculture management student at Olds College, a Broncos men's soccer star and an InterVarsity Christian Fellowship leader. The 4-H alumnus from Salmon Arm, B.C.

Jared and Lindsay Ord of Olds have a new appreciation for traffic lights in Canada after travelling around Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a major East African city that has almost no traffic lights.

The Olds Lions Club is proposing to organize an annual community-wide garbage collection day, with the first to take place this May. The group presented its vision to council on March 14.

Olds RCMP are asking for your help to identify two suspects believed to have passed counterfeit bills in Olds businesses. On March 4 at approximately 6 p.m.

The Town of Olds has drafted its letter petitioning Alberta Transportation to install advanced left turn signals at Highway 27 and 57 Avenue.

Mountain View Food Bank (MVFB) is budgeting for a 30 per cent increase in hamper distribution, etc., thanks to the downturn in the economy, director Pat Graham says. “We have budgeted for a 30 per cent increase for this year.

Students, residents and visitors packed the Ralph Klein Centre in Olds on March 9 to hear six-time Olympic medallist and mental health advocate Clara Hughes talk about her battle with addiction and depression.