Olds News

A group of 14 students from four countries is spending time in Olds during the 2013-14 school year. Students from Brazil, Mexico, Germany and Japan are attending Olds High School while Courtney Schafer from Olds is currently in Belgium.

Accredited Supports to the Community (ASC) was awaiting the expiration of the appeal period on a recent municipal planning commission decision to allow a group home on 42 Street before proceeding with modifying a home to accommodate people with special needs.

The roof of a shed at Olds Home Hardware collapsed on Jan. 4 due to excessive snow, causing extensive damage.

A great Pyrenees dog that survived an incredible ordeal last month is now in limbo after she was found living in a car.

Three people, including a woman from Olds, are dead following a head-on crash on Highway 27 east of Olds on the evening of Jan. 6.

Earl Kinsella, a former mayor of Red Deer County, has been appointed to the Olds College board of governors. Kinsella, who was appointed as a public member of the board on Dec. 19, formerly worked as a high school mathematics and biology teacher.

Members of 4-H clubs from around the Calgary district learned vital skills on Jan. 4 when about 200 participants gathered for a multi-judging event at the Olds Cow Palace. The members came from clubs as far away as Irricana.

The first baby born in Olds in 2014 waited until the evening of New Year's Day to make his entry into the world. Parents Lance and Judy Douglas, along with big sister Jaina, welcomed Jacob Sylvester at the Olds Hospital and Care Centre at 7:51 p.m.

Provincial government signs touting the government's spending on infrastructure projects are unnecessary and a waste of taxpayers' money, say critics of the $1.04 million that was spent on the signs in 2013.

Editor's note: Since this story first ran in the Olds Albertan on Dec. 31, the Albertan has uncovered new details about the suspects involved in break-in and theft activities in the area as well as related incidents.