Olds News

Keylan Neilson placed second in a provincial competition for his ability to wax poetic.

Even though it won't start for another two months, Town of Olds residents have already started manifesting their interest in the town's single-stream recycling pilot project.

Brian Malley, arrested last week for first-degree murder and two other charges, is now being investigated by Canada's securities regulators. Malley was the financial advisor for Vicky Shachtay, 23, who was murdered in her ground-level apartment Nov.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #105 Olds tank is nameless no more. Early on Sunday morning, members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #105 Olds, veterans from the King's Own Calgary Regiment Association, Olds RCMP Const.

Olds town council agreed to give the Olds Historical Society (OHS) $30,000 in instalments over the next two years, at its regular meeting last week.

One of the two men accused in the robbery of the Rexall Drug Store in February 2011 was recently handed a 10-year jail sentence in Calgary Court of Queens Bench for his part in the crime.

Police called the bombing murder of Vicky Shachtay “a rare event in Canada.

Olds High School students Tim Carlielle and Collin Fair came back from P.E.I. last week with a silver medal and a bronze medal, respectively. They won the medals at the 2012 National Science Fair, which was held in Charlottetown.

A Pincher Creek-area man died in a two-vehicle collision that occurred last Wednesday at approximately 8:49 p.m. west of Bowden.

Town of Olds council discussed a business plan put together by the Olds Historical Society (OHS) at it policies and priorities meeting on May 22.