Olds News

Careless smoking is believed to have caused the fire that killed two people in the early hours of Mother's Day at the Bowden Estates Trailer Park. Olds RCMP released the names of the victims.

Five months after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of an 18-year-old Olds College student, Jeffrey Leinen's appeal of his conviction and sentence is underway.

The first French Immersion class will be graduating from École Deer Meadow School in June 2013.

Vehicle traffic in the uptown core is expected to be shut down for at least a month this summer as the town proceeds with utility line replacement.

Olds RCMP recovered a stolen truck on May 10. The truck had been taken from a residence in the 5400 block on 51 Street in Olds between 11 p.m. on May 9 and 8:30 a.m. on May 10. It was a red 2002 Dodge Ram. “On May 10, at approximately 2:30 p.m.

O-Net installed its main fibre optic line in Olds last week. The company, which is a for-profit organization owned by the Olds Institute technology committee, will offer a fibre-to-the-premise broadband service to Olds residents starting in mid-2012.

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded a $945,000 grant to a livestock research project headed by Olds College, the University of Alberta, and various industry partners.

A dangerous dog hearing being held to determine the fate of a dog that tore a large chunk of flesh from the arm of an Olds woman last summer has been adjourned until November.

A mobile home fire in Bowden claimed two lives last Sunday. Olds RCMP and the Bowden fire department were called to the Bowden Estates Trailer Park at approximately 1:24 a.m. to respond to a mobile home fire.

Holy Trinity School has been awarded a matching grant for every dollar that the school's playground committee raises by the Let Them Be Kids (LTBK) organization.