Olds News

A headline regarding a story in the March 8, 2016 edition of the Olds Albertan contained an error. The core group of girls in the story are on the midget A Grizzlys.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA and Wildrose Party house leader Nathan Cooper says his party will release a 12-point plan to create jobs and grow the economy today (Tuesday, March 15).

Olds College officials and students got a chance during International Women's Day to show politicians and diplomats from across the globe how the college teaches and incubates entrepreneurship, especially to female students.

An Olds-area author and her mother have written and illustrated a children's book. Corina Whyke wrote the story, called The Adventures Of Harry W. Mouse The Sea Monster, in about an hour.

A headline regarding a story in the March 8, 2016 edition of the Olds Albertan contained an error. The core group of girls in the story are on the midget A Grizzlys.

An 11-year-old Torrington girl stopped by Hair Central in Olds on March 7 but it wasn't for an ordinary haircut. Emma Watt had several inches of her hair chopped off so she could donate it to Wigs for Kids B.C., a program based at the B.C.

The Community Learning Campus is providing residents with low-cost equipment rental through its Outdoor Centre so that they can enjoy the outdoors.

Olds RCMP have received three complaints of counterfeit American $20 bills since March 4. Police and Olds and District Chamber of Commerce officials have some advice for businesses on how to deal with suspected counterfeit money.

A six-time Canadian Olympic medallist is calling on governments to spend more money on mental health.

A proposed bylaw amendment to allow for a fee increase tied to the Alberta consumer price index (CPI) -- minus food prices -- was shot down by Olds and District Chamber of Commerce members during their annual general meeting (AGM).