Olds News

The Town of Olds' senior population is double the provincial average, according to 2011 Census numbers released by Statistics Canada in May.

Olds College has partnered with 4-H and Bayer CropScience to host an international 4-H summit, which will be held in August 2013, during the college's centennial year. “This is the hundredth anniversary of Olds College in 2013.

A Rotary club member from Uganda stopped in Olds last week to tell about the successful partnership between Olds and his club to provide clean water to area children affected by the AIDS epidemic.

The Town of Olds is looking for input into the Parks and Trails Master Plan. A survey has gone out to gather input on how parks, trails and other recreational spaces should be tailored to suit citizens going into the future.

Olds RCMP joined a score of other police officers last week to apprehend a Carstairs man allegedly seen by local citizens driving impaired and carrying a long barrelled shotgun.

More than 30 veterans and their relatives came together at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #105 Olds this Saturday for the King's Own Calgary Regiment Association 67th annual reunion.

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.