Olds News

Leadership students at Olds High School will hold a market from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 20 in the school's common area in support of an upcoming dance.

The Olds Bottle Depot is nearly finished construction on a new addition to its facility commonly referred to as "The Barn.

A dangerous motorcycle ride along snow-lined Highway 2 on Nov. 14 where police estimated the bike's speed exceeded 200 kilometres an hour ended in an arrest and 11 charges for a Calgary man. At about 1:30 p.m.

The chair of Olds College's Centre for Innovation will be leaving the college by the end of November to take up a posting with the Organization of American States (OAS) in Suriname, South America.

Police said a Wimborne-area woman was scammed out of $36,000 when she applied online for a job in the U.S. The 53-year-old woman applied for a job with a company called Beta Entry Solutions based in Washington state in September, police said.

Various viewpoints from four different ideologies on the topic of forgiveness, punishment and justice were shared during attended the seventh world religions conference hosted at the Olds College Alumni Centre on Nov. 7.

Upon leaving Olds Koinonia Christian School's Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 6, Grade 8 student Grace Seeley had a simple message for the men and women who have served, and continue to serve, in Canada's Armed Forces.

With 35 years as a teacher in the region under his belt, Larry Steed was among a long list of staff at local schools who were recognized on Nov. 1 for their contributions to Chinook's Edge School Division.

There's no better place to do business in southern Alberta than Olds, according to Alberta Venture magazine.

Roughly half-a-dozen students from the Olds High School leadership class collected 162 kilograms of non-perishable food items for the Mountain View Food Bank on Halloween.