Olds News

Stray cats and dogs running wild everywhere – that doesn't have to be a reality thanks to an Olds College instructional assistant and a group of students.

On May 4, the Olds and District Hospice Society will be holding its annual Hike for Hospice for awareness of hospice palliative care.The event starts at the Olds Sports Complex with registration starting at 8:45 a.m. and the hike starting at 10 a.m.

The Town of Olds flushed a couple of fire hydrants on April 11 to clear the water line of impurities in response to reports of brown water coming through taps in the community.

June 14 has been set as a tentative date to start construction on 50 Avenue for water and sewer upgrades.Construction would affect the avenue from 50 Street to 52 Street.

An Olds College arboriculture student who fell nearly 17 metres from a tree in March was transferred to the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre (WHSC) earlier this month where he is "stable and doing well," a spokeswoman for the centre said on April 10.

Those drivers who broke out their cellphones to snap photographs of a crash on Highway 2 near the Highway 27 interchange east of Olds on April 10 can expect distracting driving tickets to show up in their mailboxes.At about 6:45 p.m.

Alberta Transportation has announced it will provide funding for the operation of the Bowden Heritage Rest Area this year.

They are the kind of demands you'd expect from parents or teachers:Clean up after yourself, tuck your chair in when you're finished at a table, put your clothes, toys and games away.

When Edem Mamutov left Crimea in January to join his wife Riana Fetiiva in Olds, he had no idea what was in store for his homeland.The couple had come to Canada for the experience of travelling abroad and exploring and working in another country.

A man charged in connection with a string of Olds break-ins last year was acquitted of one charge, and had two others against him withdrawn by the Crown.