Olds News

Longtime play-by-play announcer Galen Hartviksen reached a career milestone on March 18 as the Olds Grizzlys concluded their season in playoff action against the Brooks Bandits.

Olds College garnered praise and adulation from federal Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney as he delivered the keynote speech at the school's gala on March 21.

The Olds Agricultural Society is no more. The organization announced on March 24 that it has renamed itself the Olds Regional Exhibition.

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.

To help keep dollars earned in Olds spent in Olds, the Olds and District Chamber of Commerce has introduced a new shop local program.

Olds residents will not have to pay an increased fee for the community’s new blue bin recycling service until May 1. In December 2013, council decided that the new rate would be $3.50 per month, a $1.50 increase.

He’s increased his collection of Second World War memorabilia and now he’s putting it on display for all to see. On March 25, Andrew Kelly will be holding a free exhibit of items from the war at Olds College’s Frank Grisdale Hall.

Olds’ Accredited Supports to the Community association (ASC) is aiming to have a home on 42 Street ready for at least six people coming out of the closing Red Deer’s Michener Centre by September.

Olds College students took a noontime break from classes to enjoy some free tunes by a Canadian country music star. George Canyon stopped by the school's Alumni Centre to play a concert on March 13.

A small figurine swallowed in a swirl of grain, an ultraviolet light showing the germs on your skin and a hands-on detection device used to find underground utility lines.