Olds News

Vantage West Development president Peter Allan was smiling last Tuesday, as Mary Anne Jablonski, MLA for Red Deer North, announced that the company was getting a $5.

Town councillors authorized the hiring of a snow removal contractor that would work in tandem with community peace officers who notice snow hasn't been cleared from sidewalks within the required 24 hours of deposit.

After consultations with the Olds RCMP detachment, Alberta Sheriffs, Alberta Transportation and the public at an open house last January, Town of Olds has unveiled a map detailing proposed new speed zones. “It has been a long process.

Deer Meadow School students spent part of last Friday afternoon in the gym, excitedly participating in the school's third annual Renaissance Fair.

The Swedish national junior hockey team took to the ice Sunday and Monday at the Olds Sports Complex, prior to playing an exhibition match tonight against Team Denmark.

Volunteers at the Knox United Clothing Thrift Store in Didsbury discovered an unloaded sawed-off .22 calibre rifle on the morning of December 12. The rifle had been at the bottom of a clothing bag in the donation drop-off bin for the store.

Three community groups will be splitting $10,000 of surplus funds from the NU-2-U thrift store following town council's approval of releasing the funds on Dec. 12. A total of seven community groups submitted applications for the funds.

As Jeffrey Leinen begins serving a 14-year prison sentence for killing Olds College student Nicholas Baier in October 2010, Baier's family is still trying to come to grips with their loss.

A Calgary man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Olds College student Nicholas Baier. Jeffrey Leinen's Court of Queen's Bench jury trial in Calgary ended late Wednesday night with a guilty verdict.

Last week, Greg Lendvay, Olds College director of health and wellness, learned that his proposal had won the institution's $100,000 Centennial Innovation Fund. “His proposal is for a Canadian Centre for Rural High Performance Sport,” said Dr.