Olds News

The Olds and District Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a webinar on the federal government's new anti-spam legislation on Jan. 29 at the Olds Municipal Library.

The spirit and memory of Robert Burns are alive and well at Bowden Grandview School. On Jan. 17, Bowden Grandview School library was transformed into a performance theatre to help Grade 4 students and their families celebrate Robbie Burns Day.

Mayor Judy Dahl sent a letter on Jan. 15 to Ken Hughes, the provincial minister of municipal affairs, requesting that the town be approved for a community revitalization levy (CRL).

The number of Criminal Code investigations conducted in Olds in 2013 was up 1.2 per cent to 1,062 over the previous year, according to the Olds RCMP.

The new Mountain View Credit Union building on 65 Avenue opened for business on Jan. 13. The 4,050-square-metre building houses the credit union's local branch and administrative staff along with a business banking centre and support services.

Town officials are not happy that the Bowden Institution has decided to pull out of the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Line and instead build more capacity at the facility's lagoons.

One of Stacia Keenan's favourite memories of her younger brother Garland Curtis is of a Christmas at Garland's home in Airdrie several years ago.

After nearly three years of planning and consultation with business owners, town council passed the uptown area redevelopment plan (UARP) on Jan. 13.

Chinook’s Edge School Division confirmed on Jan. 17 that the former Olds High School site off of Highway 27 has been sold to the Cam Clark Ford Auto Group.

The Olds RCMP have charged the owner of a Jeep that ended up in the way of a fire truck responding to a shop building fire west of Olds on the morning of Jan. 9 with failing to yield to an emergency vehicle under the Traffic Safety Act.