Olds News

Mayor Judy Dahl unveiled the Town of Olds' new flag at council's priorities and policies meeting last Monday. The flag shows the new logo, which was designed by the Edmonton firm McRobbie Optamedia.

Last week's announcement of a 100-car donation by Jack Anderson has drawn worldwide attention to Olds College. An article published by a Canadian newswire service about the donation was picked up by major U.S.

Following the success of the 2011 Mountain View Arts Festival (part of the Alberta Art Days celebrations), organizers and volunteers have taken a new step forward.

A Mountain View County woman is raising awareness about a disease that many people in Canada do not recognize.

Town council authorized the transfer of about 26,000 square feet of land on the south side of Highway 27 to the Mountain View Credit Union in exchange for land the credit union lost to accommodate a new service road to the south at 65 Avenue.

While the University of Lethbridge finds itself in hot water for making illegal donations to the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Olds College has been very careful not to make donations to any political party, says a college official

A brazen thief walked away with a 1950s Franka Solida III camera at the NU-2-U Thrift Store last Friday. The camera had been part of a photography display at the front of the store, by the cashier's desk.

Mark Oxer joined the coaching staff at Olds College this month, marking a new beginning for the futsal and soccer programs. Oxer had been pursuing master's studies in coaching at the University of Worcester before taking the job at Olds College.

Surgeries are expected to return to the Innisfail Health and Care Centre this July after the doors of the operating room closed six years ago.

A month after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Olds College student Nicholas Baier, Jeffrey Kevin Leinen has launched an appeal of both his conviction and his 14-year prison sentence.