Olds News

Fireworks will be set off after the Santa Claus parade on Nov. 30 as part of the uptown Light Up events. The fireworks will be set off at about 7:45 p.m. at O.R. Hedges Park.

Mountain View Power has given $70,000 worth of profits to the Olds Institute For Community and Regional Development to fund the institute's various community activities.

Town council will be discussing the final draft of the Open Spaces and Trails Master Plan at a future council meeting following a presentation of the final report at the Nov. 19 policies and priorities committee meeting.

Shooting down his arguments that a trial judge exaggerated his criminal background, put too much blame on him and gave him an unfit sentence, the Alberta Appeal Court dismissed the appeal of one of the men responsible for the 2011 armed robbery of an

While most of the recent upgrades made to the interchange of highways 2 and 27 are welcome by local officials, more still needs to be done, they said.

Town administrators proposed a freeze on taxes during council's first look at the proposed 2014 budget on Nov. 19. The proposed $24,075,258 budget includes a 3.2 per cent increase in revenues along with a 3.

After realizing how many extra Christmas decorations they have from downsizing their home, Marg and John Geisler decided to spearhead a project to help brighten the holidays for residents of High River and the Siksika Nation affected by the floods in

Community businesses seeking employees and residents looking to learn the skills needed to find employment are invited to take advantage of a new workplace-training program in the region.

Olds College announced that $1,075,000 was raised in support of the Centennial Entrepreneurship Legacy Fund during a luncheon celebration on Nov. 23 that closed a year of centennial events at the college. The event was held at the Olds Cow Palace.

The town could be on the hook for $22,000 if an environmental assessment Habitat For Humanity is carrying out on a piece of town property finds that the land is contaminated.