Olds News

Olds RCMP has decided to increase its presence in school zones after getting reports from concerned citizens about speeding drivers. "We will be enforcing not only speeding but any other rules of the road or traffic laws,î said Cpl.

During the month of February, the RCMP and the Integrated Traffic Unit in Innisfail will target distracted drivers as part of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP).

Construction on the new Canadian Institute of Rural Entrepreneurship has been suspended until spring. "It has mostly to do with cost. It is not very efficient to build in the winter,î said Ryan Pomeroy, president of the Pomeroy Group.

Uptowne Olds received good news at its Top Hat ceremony last Thursday.

The RCMP is asking for Mountain View County residents to call the detachment if they were pulled over by someone pretending to be a police officer.

A pickup truck collided with a train last Tuesday at 11:42 p.m. at the 50 Street crossing in Olds, critically injuring one teenage passenger from Manitoba.

Mayor Judy Dahl hopes to convince Solicitor General and Public Security Minister Jonathan Denis to move the sheriffs unit back to Olds.

Town of Olds administration wants to move its accounts payable to the electronic age.

The Olds RCMP detachment has issued a reminder to Olds residents that there are various phone scams going.

The Olds College centennial committee threw an open house last Thursday, asking for input from residents about a town and county celebration.