Olds News

Those who go to the Olds Gymnastics Club section at this year's edition of Spring Fling will have a chance to do something different – jump on a piece of spring floor, like the one the club plans to install in its new premises.

After receiving a $10,000 grant from TELUS's funding program STORYHIVE, Marliss Weber's short film is complete.

Jeff Frost is the new chair of the Mountain View Power (MVP) board of directors. Frost, currently the general manager of the Olds office of Mistras Canada, was born and raised in Olds and attended the University of Lethbridge.

A distracted driving blitz by Olds RCMP on March 4 resulted in 30 charges being laid, totalling about $9,000 in fines. There were 28 traffic stops made. A distracted driving offence carries a $287 fine and three demerit points.

The biggest gift we can bring to refugees and the poor is hope, according to the guest speaker at this year's Olds Ministerial Association's Prayer Breakfast.

The connected communities committee of the Olds Institute (OCCC) has donated more technology to the Olds Municipal Library.

Two Olds residents have been awarded scholarships/awards at the University of Alberta Augustana campus. Carson Jorgensen, a third-year bachelor of science student, was awarded a total of $750 for leadership, funded by the Glynne Jones Memorial Award.

We should welcome Syrian refugees, but be careful – some could be working for the Islamic militant group ISIS, according to the guest speaker at the 17th annual Olds Ministerial Association Mayor's Prayer Breakfast.

An Olds couple saw something most of us will never witness: kids playing street hockey in Africa.

New Bowden chief administrative officer James Mason says mill rates -- and their relation to the taxes residents and businesses pay -- are misleading.