Olds News

A man has entered a guilty plea for a traffic ticket that was laid after a collision that resulted in a fatality in October.

The federal government is cutting funding to the Community Access Program (CAP) starting in 2013. The CAP is a program that provides public Internet and technology access at libraries and community centres across the country.

A Calgary man is facing charges of dangerous driving, flight from police and more after fleeing from police in a stolen vehicle on April 8.

For Liberal party candidate Garth Davis, health care is the major issue that is facing not only the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency, but also Alberta. “It does not matter if it's rural or city. You still have the health-care issues.

The Olds Advisory Group for Sustainable Living (OAGSL) invites Olds residents, businesses, groups, and elected officials to participate in the Other Side of Occupy event, which will take place this Saturday at the Olds High School Commons.

A student from Bowden Grandview School is among a list of five Chinook's Edge School Division students that will be going on to participate in the Canada-Wide Science Fair to be held in Charlottetown, P.E.I. from May 12 to 19.

Mountain View Power has more than doubled its number of clients in less than a year. Last August, the energy business had 89 clients. The number had increased to 192 in March.

An Innisfail man who allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend and assaulted two police officers March 28 appeared before Airdrie Court yesterday facing 15 charges.

Olds residents will have two occasions to ask questions to the constituency's four candidates before Election Day. The Olds Municipal Library has organized coffee sessions with three of the four candidates at the library.

A fundraising event for 15-year-old McKenzie Robbie, an Olds High School student diagnosed in November with leukemia, will be taking place on April 12 at the Olds College Alumni Centre.