Olds News

Fielding questions from local parents and service providers as well as several Opposition MLAs about how funding cuts will affect services offered under the provincial Persons with Developmental Disabilities program (PDD), Alberta's associate ministe

Canada Post has pledged it will not cut any jobs at its Olds outlet as a result of the corporation consolidating its mail sorting activities in larger centres, a Canada Post spokesman said.

Olds College is gearing up to host the 2013 World Plowing Championships on July 19 and 20 and the local economy is already experiencing some benefits from the upcoming event.

When teacher Amy Christiansen asked four Grade 8 students in Ecole Deer Meadow School's Interact Club what project they wanted to work on to improve their school, they chose to focus on mental health.

While there is no imminent flooding risk in the area covered by the Red Deer River due to snowmelt at this point, heavy amounts of rain could change that in the coming days and weeks as the snowpack continues to melt, say officials.

Bowden council has agreed to set aside roughly 163 square metres of land adjacent to the town's Old Library for a community garden.

Olds RCMP, with help from Mounties from Didsbury, arrested a Calgary man on May 16 now charged with murdering a woman and child found dead in a Calgary home earlier in the day. Guevara Wilson Clorina, 26, was taken into custody at about 3:30 p.m.

A natural interest in drawing and painting has led local teacher Renu Mathew down many interesting paths in life.

The Olds Municipal Library has reduced the amount of money in its reserve funds after the Town of Olds discovered the library's reserves were larger than town staff would have liked.

A group of 20 students from Magog, Que., was in Alberta last week on an exchange with students from Olds. Olds students went to the same Quebec town in February.