Olds News

The Bowden Community Action Society has accomplished a lot but still remains in good financial shape, according to society treasurer Pat Filipenko. It plans to do more next year, he says.

Bowden Community Action Society treasurer Pat Filipenko says the committee has a plan to solve a complaint about the new skatepark: noise. Filipenko says the committee plans to have spray foam installed underneath the quarter pipe and pyramid.

A fallen police officer's best friend has been honoured before the public and media, a moving event that brought back the heartbreaking memory of the grief endured by the surviving partner before millions of Canadians last spring.

Members of the Olds Fire Department and the Rotary Club of Olds got together Aug. 27 to demonstrate a firehose tester.

Bowden town council's debate over remuneration was not over how much they get paid – that was settled earlier, Mayor Robb Stuart says.

A local-area man was handed a one-year conditional sentence after he pleaded guilty on Aug. 27 in Didsbury court to three counts of breaking and entering into three compounds.

Two students from Olds High School will get to attend the second annual leadership conference put on by the Leadership Centre of Central Alberta, with the Town of Olds paying for their delegate fees. At its Aug.

Now that school is back in session, Olds RCMP will be watching to make sure motorists obey school zone speed limits. The speed limit in both urban and rural school zones is 30 kilometres per hour (km/h) and is in effect during school days from 8 a.m.

O-NET, the community-owned internet/phone/TV service provider in Olds, is holding a town hall meeting to explain what they've been doing and answer your questons. That meeting will take place Tuesday, Sept. 9 in the Pomeroy Inn and Suites.

The Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) has approved a proposal to create a paved parking lot on a strip of land just west of the Mountain View Credit Union location and east of No Frills.