Olds News

A one-year-old steer named Uno belonging to 11-year-old Annelise Corbett was the big winner at the Eagle Beef and Multi 4-H Club achievement day held at the Cow Palace in Olds on May 13.

Town council unanimously agreed to assist the Olds Agricultural Society with a maximum of $22,000 in financial and in-kind support to fund the construction of a concrete floor at the Olds Cow Palace by June 6, in time for the Jack Anderson car auctio

Plains Midstream Canada, one of Western Canada's largest pipeline operation companies, has been in the news frequently in the past four months.

The fire ban issued for Olds on May 8 was lifted by the Olds Fire Department on May 17 thanks to the arrival of cooler, wet weather in the area.

At about 3:30 p.m. on May 16 Olds RCMP, with assistance from Didsbury RCMP, took a man into custody in connection with the discovery of a woman and boy found dead in a northwest Calgary home earlier in the day.

In nearly two decades of firefighting, deputy chief Brian Powell of the Olds Fire Department has never seen a wildfire season like the one the area is currently experiencing.

About 400 Grade 9 students from Olds, Airdrie and Three Hills took part in Junior Achievement programs on May 7 and 8 at Olds College, where they learned about the importance of matching skills to jobs and how to budget in their lives.

A delegation from the Nigerian government met with Olds College officials on May 6 and 7 to help the West African nation set up a series of nine skills centres in the next two years.

Two thieves responsible for thefts from mailboxes in Olds earlier this year are now serving jail time for their crimes.

Upon hearing a sound "like frying bacon" at about 11:15 p.m. on May 8, Dusty Ackerman got out of bed to investigate. "I didn't know what it was, but when I got up, the whole house was on fire," he said.