Olds News

The Town of Olds has drafted its letter petitioning Alberta Transportation to install advanced left turn signals at Highway 27 and 57 Avenue.

Mountain View Food Bank (MVFB) is budgeting for a 30 per cent increase in hamper distribution, etc., thanks to the downturn in the economy, director Pat Graham says. “We have budgeted for a 30 per cent increase for this year.

Students, residents and visitors packed the Ralph Klein Centre in Olds on March 9 to hear six-time Olympic medallist and mental health advocate Clara Hughes talk about her battle with addiction and depression.

A headline regarding a story in the March 8, 2016 edition of the Olds Albertan contained an error. The core group of girls in the story are on the midget A Grizzlys.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA and Wildrose Party house leader Nathan Cooper says his party will release a 12-point plan to create jobs and grow the economy today (Tuesday, March 15).

Olds College officials and students got a chance during International Women's Day to show politicians and diplomats from across the globe how the college teaches and incubates entrepreneurship, especially to female students.

An Olds-area author and her mother have written and illustrated a children's book. Corina Whyke wrote the story, called The Adventures Of Harry W. Mouse The Sea Monster, in about an hour.

A headline regarding a story in the March 8, 2016 edition of the Olds Albertan contained an error. The core group of girls in the story are on the midget A Grizzlys.

An 11-year-old Torrington girl stopped by Hair Central in Olds on March 7 but it wasn't for an ordinary haircut. Emma Watt had several inches of her hair chopped off so she could donate it to Wigs for Kids B.C., a program based at the B.C.

The Community Learning Campus is providing residents with low-cost equipment rental through its Outdoor Centre so that they can enjoy the outdoors.