Olds News

A recommendation by Olds town council to have representatives from the Olds/Sundre Primary Care Network make a presentation to council at a later date was made at last week's meeting.

For Mariana Costa, coming to Canada was the fulfilment of a lifelong dream. The Grade 12 student enrolled for the year at Olds High School is a native of the city of Patos de Minas, located in southwest Brazil.

Several people are facing charges as a result of a drug bust conducted by the Olds RCMP late last month.

Parents Tanya and Graham Sayers welcomed Olds' New Year's baby early on January 1. Aaron Neil tipped the scales at eight pounds five ounces.

Calvin Jensen was this last year's Rotary Club outbound exchange student, and returned earlier this fall from a year in Norway. An Olds High School graduate, he first arrived in the Scandinavian country in the summer of 2011.

The Town of Olds processed $53,726,040 worth of building permits in the first 11 months of 2012, up sharply from the $34.2 million processed for all of 2011 and the $28.3 million for 2010.

Parkland Pipeline Contractors is in the process of being sold to a Passadena, California-based environmental engineering and construction firm.

There are warm hearts in Olds to help those struggling from the cold. And the Church of the Nazarene, in partnership with the town, is ensuring that no one gets left out.

Olds will be hosting the provincial rural crime watch annual general meeting from Feb. 8 to 10.

RCMP are searching for a male suspect in his early 20s or 30s who robbed the CIBC branch in Olds Tuesday. Around 2 p.m. Jan. 8, a lone male entered the bank at 4513 52 Ave. and demanded cash from the teller.