Olds News

Town administration has allocated $17,000 to do a municipal census in 2013 because it believes the federal census done in 2011 may not accurately reflect the population in Olds. The federal census pegged the town's population at 8,235.

Olds RCMP has made its first major counterattack against identity theft crimes in the region since new federal legislation was enacted two years ago, with the recent arrest of two individuals late last month.

A record amount of money was raised during this year's Kiwanis Live Auction and will now go towards community groups and projects for years to come. More than 100 bidders took part in the Nov.

Town officials will be undertaking an assessment in the new year of the transportation options and needs in the community. The item was brought forward to the Policies and Priorities committee meeting on Nov.

Canadian Blood Services (CBS) came to council's Policies and Priorities committee meeting last week to stress the importance of giving blood during the two clinics held annually in Olds.

Olds councillors got a first look at the 2013 budget on Nov. 19 at the Policies and Priorities committee meeting, with town staff pegging the operating budget at $23.2 million and the capital budget at $4.6 million.

Area band students were treated to two days of personal instruction from some of the best musicians in the country last week in Didsbury, Nov. 20-21 at the third annual Olds Rotary Jazz Fest.

A group of fraudsters who allegedly committed numerous frauds across the province, including in Olds, were apprehended by Lethbridge police late last month. On Oct.

A 51-year-old Olds woman is believed to have survived a rollover on the QEII last week because of her seatbelt.

Customers and staff of Tim Hortons and Wendy's were evacuated from the 46 Street building last week after a fire broke out last Thursday morning. “There was a huge panic,” said Wendy's employee Margaret Zyderveld.