Olds News

Speaking to hundreds of students from Olds High School, Ecole Olds Elementary School and Ecole Deer Meadow School on May 13, Spencer West imparted to students the importance of education and the seriousness of water issues in the developing world.

Olds High School maintained its overall ranking in the Fraser Institute's annual measure of high schools throughout the province. This year, as has been the case for the past five years, OHS was ranked 20th out of 279 schools in Alberta.

Upon hearing a sound "like frying bacon" at about 11:15 p.m. on May 8, Dusty Ackerman got out of bed to investigate.

The Town of Olds has issued a fire ban for the community effective May 8. The ban includes open fires, charcoal briquette barbecues, campfires, cooking fires, burning barrels and the discharge of fireworks.

It was when she found the door to her bedroom closed that Cindy knew something was wrong. “My heart just sank,” she said.

Although they were only runners-up in their campaign to win a free wedding through a contest focused on the theme of paying it forward , Jeannette Moore and Joseph Chambers of Olds collected more than 800 kilograms of food for the Mountain View Food

The town's Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI) funding from the provincial government, which is primarily meant for infrastructure projects, has increased by about $100,000 in 2013 over 2012 to $1,718,764.

The Kiwanis Club of Olds is holding a garage sale on May 10 and 11 with the proceeds going towards the fight against maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT).

The Town of Olds is asking residents to only dump grass clippings, leaves and garden waste in the 65 large green bins scattered on boulevards around town.

The Town of Olds will be spending up to $3,009,196 on street improvement projects in 2013 after council passed a motion on April 22 to allow for the work to take place later this year.