Olds News

People attending the second annual Olds and District Hospice Society Tree of Remembrance light-up ceremony received some comforting words from Pastor John Lentz of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Lentz quoted the Gospel of St.

Four vehicles were stolen in the Olds area and two in Bowden from Nov. 21 to Dec. 4, RCMP say. A Ram 1500 pickup was stolen from a home in the 6400 block of 53 Street in Olds. It was found a week later in Red Deer. On Nov.

Several Olds and area businesses have been hit by tire thieves in the last few weeks. One incident occurred just this past Monday.

Starting in the new year, Bowden residents will be shelling out 50 cents more per person to help the town's library keep up with expenses. Town council last week approved a 50-cent increase in per capita funding for the library.

A Sundre-area woman and a Red Deer-area man were scheduled to appear in Didsbury court Monday facing several drug and traffic charges – even a charge of soliciting the services of a prostitute.

Bowden town council has chosen a transitional chief administrative officer (CAO) who will remain in place until a new CAO can start work.

Council set two special meetings to review its 2016 budgets. The first one took place yesterday (Monday, Nov. 30). The second will be held next Monday, Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. On Nov. 23, the town tabled its interim 2016 operating and capital budgets.

It's difficult to comprehend how Scott Hay's story, told in his memoir Bleeding Hearts, could be possible. An immediate family member murders his father Bruce, leaving him and his siblings Mike and Michelle, without a father.

Does God exist? Two of three speakers at the ninth annual World Religions Conference in the Alumni Centre Wednesday were convinced that He does. However, one was not.

The Sundre Regional Recreation Advisory Committee is no more — at least for the time being. Council discussed at its Nov. 9 meeting the committee's decision in October to be dissolved.