Olds News

Fair Trade Fortnight concluded with a fair trade Mother's Day tea at Bean Brokers last Sunday. More than 25 people showed up to taste what dishes Bean Brokers owner Connie Harder and her employees had made with fair trade ingredients.

Winnipeg band The F-Holes will bring its original music blend to Tracks Pub this Wednesday at 8 p.m. Don't think that the band's name is what it looks like.

RCMP is investigating multiple thefts that have occurred in the Olds area in the past two weeks. A break and enter at the IRIS eye care clinic in Cornerstone was reported at 12:40 a.m. on May 2. “Sunglasses were stolen.

Amanda Lindhout shared her story of being captured and held hostage for 15 months in Somalia with the community last week at both Olds High School and the TransCanada Theatre.

The Olds Albertan and Sundre Round Up picked up several awards during the weekend's Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association (AWNA) 92nd General Meeting and Annual Convention.

For the past two weeks, Park Terrace residents have been able to recycle in the comfort of their building. No more putting recyclables in their cars and driving to the recycling centre for them.

Starting this July, 800 residences will be chosen to participate in the town's single-stream recycling pilot project.

Tracks Pub was packed last Saturday with over 100 revellers attending the Uptowne Fashion Show.

Fair Trade Fortnight kicked off last week with a presentation of the documentary The Fair Trade. It will continue this week with activities planned at Health Street, Cocoa Tree Bake Shoppe, and Bean Brokers.

Town of Olds council pondered the pros and cons of having Olds become a city at its policies and priorities meeting on April 16.