Olds News

Bowden will host a regional forum next month aimed at helping more people in the community live a healthier lifestyle.

The resignation of now former premier Alison Redford does nothing but rev up the spectacle that has been Alberta politics for the past few weeks, according to the provincial leader of the Official Opposition. "The circus is just beginning.

Rev. Tammy Allan said a fellow minister from Innisfail best described the resource-sharing agreement finalized between the Olds and Sundre United churches last month. ìShe talked about it in terms of the courtship,î Allan said.

After watching Olds College students Marshall Pagenkopf and Glenn McCullough shoe horses, Cpl. Sheryl Cody of the RCMP concluded that both were qualified to join the Mounties' 2014 Musical Ride event as summer farriers.

The Olds Boys and Girls Club is hoping an upcoming fundraising race will allow the club to open its afterschool youth programming to all local young people for little or no cost.

This is the first year the Town of Bowden will go it alone when it comes to paying for the operation and maintenance of the Bowden Heritage Rest Area. If Bowden council agrees to keep the facility open.

The mood amongst anyone with an interest in provincial Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) support funding has taken a 180-degree turn in the last 12 months.

The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned an Alberta Court of Appeal decision that allowed for a new trial for a Calgary man convicted of killing an Olds College student more than three years ago outside Olds' Texas Mickey bar.

There have been decades of talk, countless reports and studies on the feasibility of high-speed rail in Alberta and the Town of Olds wants the provincial government to act and pick a spot for a potential corridor.

The Town of Olds is looking to replace its current van used for the Sunshine Bus service.