Olds News

Future students in three Olds College programs will be paying more after the provincial government approved tuition hikes for 25 programs at 10 post-secondary institutions across Alberta.

The Town of Olds' draft community standards bylaw as presented before council at its Dec. 15 policies and priorities meeting would require cat owners to purchase a yearly licence for their pets. Under Section 6.

The consultation process continues for the Town of Olds' long-awaited community standards bylaw, which was presented before council at its Dec. 15 policies and priorities meeting.

In recent days, oil prices have yo-yoed up and down a bit, but are still well below where they were in the summer when oil prices were around $100 a barrel.

Mountain View Seniors' Housing (MVSH) staff and residents are MAD about Christmas. They collected 2,671 items, including $880 in cash donations via a campaign called MAD (Making A Difference).

At least some kids are going back to more traditional toys this year, according to Santa and Mrs. Claus. The Albertan caught up with them while they were in Olds earlier. “We got a lot of requests for Lego this year.

Preparations are underway for another Christmas dinner at the Evergreen Centre.

So far, without even any building stats compiled for December, the total value of building projects in the town of Olds for 2014 is twice that in all of 2013.

Silent Santas got most of what they asked for from Bowden town council. In a letter to town council, Silent Santas co-chairperson Shannon Webb asked for $1,000, double the town's $500 contribution provided last year.

Town chief operating officer (COO) Doug Wagstaff got an earful about snow-clearing from members of the Uptowne Olds Committee (UOC). The discussion, held during a committee meeting last week, lasted about 16 minutes.