Olds News

A four-year-old boy from the U.S. has died after falling in a pond at a private property south of Olds on the evening of July 6.

Listening to the nonstop growl of a running locomotive wasn't how Cam Fazakas wanted to end the work week.Fazakas owns a John Deere dealership in Olds on 50 Avenue north of Highway 27 right beside the rail tracks.

There are a number of safe ways to get home following a night of drinks at the bar but one of them needs a tune-up.Since 2012, Tracks Pub has shuttled revelers to and from the pub with “Traxi,” a 1971 Volkswagen transporter van.

A delegation of Chinese investors is expected back in town this month after surveying Olds in May for a business venture.

By all accounts, O-NET is on track to meet the goals of its business plan.“We're progressing very well.

A “calamity of problems and bugs” has meant O-NET is spending roughly half-a-million dollars to replace television hardware and software given to its customers.

She was a young woman who wanted to share the stuffed animals she'd won at amusement parks with children.

Olds College held its ceremonial groundbreaking for the campus's new Centennial Village student residence on July 3. Construction for the building has already commenced and the $30-million residence is scheduled to open in September 2015.

In a push to complete its fibre-optic network in the community, O-NET has hired a squad of new employees in the last two months.

Olds now has an official policy on how town facilities should be named.At a meeting on June 23, council voted to adopt a policy that would formalize the process of naming town properties.