Olds News

Service Canada will be opening a new office on a three-month trial basis in the Ralph Klein Centre in mid-January. Service Canada will be sharing an office with Alberta Works and offering services one day per month.

The Town of Olds’ municipal planning commission approved a development permit on Dec. 19 for a group home for adults with developmental disabilities on 42 Street.

Word of mouth is the likely reason a number of Olds residents are heading to a clinic in Mexico that offers alternative medical treatments, the clinic’s owner said. Dr.

Seventy-five and 100-watt incandescent light bulbs will disappear from store shelves after Jan. 1under federal government regulation. Forty and 60-watt bulbs are due to be phased out beginning Dec. 31, 2014.

Olds College was granted an 18-metre break on setback requirements when its development permit to build a 450-unit student residence was approved at a municipal planning commission meeting on Dec. 19.

Conveying the emotion of true events is the key to writing for one former Olds resident. “I look for a way in words to describe what I'm feeling because it's something that's uplifting and I want to touch you as a reader.

Police have confirmed that Taylor William Elliott was found dead near his residence in Pincher Creek on Dec. 17 and no foul play is suspected.

Town council gave the go-ahead to Coun. Harvey Walsh to support the approval of the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission's governance and administration budget for 2014 to 2016. The approval was given at town council's Nov. 25 meeting.

Town staff and extra crews were continuing to clear snow from the Dec. 2 blizzard that struck the community right up to the weekend.

A pair of kittens rescued after they were dumped in a recycling bin and nearly killed by a baling machine are still up for adoption.