Olds News

The Olds Grizzlys are continuing to face financial challenges, adding just over $17,000 to the team's debt through the 2011-12 season, bringing the total to about $90,000. The news was shared at the team's annual general meeting on Wednesday.

After acquiring two 1,250-gallon rainwater tanks last year, the Olds Community Garden Guild plans on starting to collect rainwater this summer. A local roofing company has offered to donate its time and connect the Aquatic Centre roof to the tanks.

Former Olds residents and current filmmakers Tyler MacIntyre and John Negropontes are at it again.

Olds RCMP ask the general public to keep their eyes open in their neighbourhoods for any suspicious activity or suspicious cars.

Town council voted to close a right-of-way on the north side of Highway 27 between 67A Avenue and 70 Avenue at its regular meeting on June 11.

Olds RCMP are investigating the theft of a quad that occurred between May 28 and June 11 at a property east of Olds. “The quad was parked in a farmyard, covered with a tarp, keys in the ignition,” said Cpl. Troy Byrt of the Olds RCMP.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards announced last Friday that the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 105 Olds received an $18,000 grant from the federal government's New Horizons for Seniors Program.

With the Redford government recently announcing it is suing tobacco companies for $10 billion to recover health-care costs associated with tobacco use, the findings of a new national survey of youth smoking habits highlight the benefits of early inte

The Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron 185 Olds received a surprise last Thursday during its annual inspection. The squadron was named top regional cadet support unit in the Prairie Region, an honour it had previously won a few years ago.

A $15-million expansion project will add a new 96-bed medium security unit at Bowden Institution. The construction follows a $9.