Olds News

A heavy winter fog and safety concerns about a Highway 2 cavalcade of farm equipment disrupted a farmers protest Dec. 12.

Members of the Carstairs Elks Club donated $8,000 to seven local organizations at the club's annual turkey dinner held last week. That included $5,000 to the Carstairs Regional Skate Park Committee, according to club secretary Wayne Stull.

Changes and additions to the annual Sundown in Sundre went over really well, said the Sundre and District Chamber of Commerce president.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Nathan Cooper fears the provincial government may change Bill 6 to include families and neighbours again, now that the bill has been passed in the legislature.

Dr. Clarence Graff is looking forward to the day Parkside Medical Clinic opens. It will be a homecoming for the doctor who spent the last few years on locums in Airdrie, Cochrane and Didsbury since the Associate Clinic closed.

As they get ready for the second annual Stuff The Bus event this weekend, the Christmas Angels in Olds and District say there's more demand for their services than ever, due to the downturn in the economy.

Two people were injured and hospitalized as a result of what police are calling a “T-Bone style collision” Dec. 1 at the intersection of Highway 27 and Rge. Rd. 13. Olds RCMP say a westbound Ford Explorer struck a Ford Focus turning from Rge. Rd.

Danielle Lappage of Olds has qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, after dethroning the highest-ranked 63-kilogram wrestler in the country, Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos at the Canadian Wrestling Team Trials.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Nathan Cooper says he's still waiting for the provincial government to improve property rights for Albertans.

About 25 people came out for the second annual Olds and District Hospice Society's Tree of Remembrance light-up ceremony in Centennial Park Nov. 27. Olds and District Hospice Society vice-president Kathy Kemmere served as master of ceremonies.