Olds News

A $10,000 donation from RBC has allowed Olds College to be the second post-secondary institution in Canada to use BreathingRoom, a program designed to improve the mental health of students.

The first-ever Stuff The Bus event was a great success, organizers say. During the event, held this past Saturday, Dec.

Local musician Ryan Notely has written and performed a song for the Good4Olds challenge on the Anonymous Good website (anonymousgood.org). It's called Change The World. The video was performed at Bean Brokers by Cappuccino Bar in Olds Dean Owen.

Olds College board members don't see the plunging price of oil as a catastrophe. In fact, many see it as an opportunity to strengthen the college, the province, and encourage diversification for both.

Town officials and organizers of the Good4Olds challenge on the Anonymous Good website are promoting a new effort to bump up the number of postings on the site. It's called Feel Good Fridays.

During last week's town council meeting, councillors held a 32-minute discussion on how to deal with people who don't shovel their sidewalks.

Twenty-four hours before Kerry Towle made her stunning announcement on Nov. 24 that she was leaving the Opposition Wildrose party to join the governing Tories she quietly cleaned out her office at the legislature.

Bowden councillor Sheila Church is wondering if the Parkland Regional Library in the town could offer free memberships to try and encourage kids to take out books.

An Olds resident is now a new Canadian – and proud of it. Stephanie Rehaeuser officially became a Canadian citizen during a ceremony last week.

Turns out that even if you're a selfish, inconsiderate polluter who couldn't give one iota about the environment, recycling is still a good idea. Running out of landfill space might be your children's problem and not yours, you might think.