Olds News

About 30 students opted not to rush home for the weekend on May 9, opting to stay awake all night at school to raise money for permaculture.

Local doctors and nurses sharpened their skills in critical care when the STARS mobile simulation stopped by Olds on May 2.The training exercise took place inside a red, retrofitted mobile home parked just outside the Olds Hospital and Care Centre.

A sex offender who escaped from the Bowden Institution on the afternoon of May 4 was caught roughly 3.2 kilometres north of the prison that evening.

Police are investigating whether criminal harassment charges are warranted against an Edmonton man who has made “unfounded” allegations of abuse against a local family in videos posted to YouTube and in a blog.

The inaugural Relay for Life in Olds was a success despite the rain and cold weather, surpassing organizers' fundraising target on May 2.From registration fees and pledges, participants raised $34,905 for the Canadian Cancer Society.

It was a good week for the coffers of two Olds College programs.On April 28, the school announced its turfgrass research program was awarded a $2.3-million grant over five years through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

A Red Deer judge handed an eight-year jail sentence to the man who twice-robbed the Olds TD Canada Trust in less than a year. Judge G.E. Deck sentenced Rory Alan Jackson, 47, on April 30 to four years in prison for the Jan.

Homegrown beef will go on sale next month at the annual Steer Show and Sale. Eagle 4-H Beef and Multi Club is hosting the event on May 12 in the Cow Palace at the Olds Regional Exhibition. The show starts at 10 a.m. and the sale is at 7 p.m.

Amy Leonard sat alone at a table in the Olds Hospital and Care Centre cafeteria, unable to watch a simulated treatment of a patient with a spinal cord injury the next room over.

A 24-year-old man who was born in Olds and played with the Olds Grizzlys from 2007 to 2010 is one of two suspects charged with arson in relation to grass fires lit south of Longview on May 1.