Olds News

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.

Residents of Bowden had their first curbside recycling pickup completed on Friday after the town decided to go with the service in August. It replaces the town's recycling centre, which was closed in June by council due to abuse.

An Olds man who caused a two-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 62-year-old woman in October 2011 has been fined and placed on probation.

Technicians from the Royal Tyrell Museum will be returning to Olds College this spring in search of more fossilized remains after an Olds College employee discovered a significant scientific find on the grounds of the college last month.