Olds News

A community celebration marking the Rick Hansen Relay will be taking place Wednesday, Feb. 29 at the Olds Cow Palace. The celebration will begin at about 5:30 p.m. after the relay winds its way through Olds.

Come this spring, one of Olds' oldest trees will be no more.

Mountain View Publishing's photographer, Noel West, was honoured Friday night in Calgary at the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association's annual ATCO photo awards. Actually, Noel was more than honoured. He dominated.

Almost 1,000 new residents have moved to Olds in the last five years. According to Census 2011 numbers, which were released last Wednesday by Statistics Canada, the population of Olds has increased by 13.

Town of Olds learned last week that Alberta Transportation has pulled the planned upgrade that was to be done on the Highway 2 and Highway 27 interchange. “That work will not be done in 2012-2013.

Simple Life Celebrations kicked off its Celebrate Life Summit Week with a five-kilometre run/walk to raise money for the Mountain View Food Bank last Sunday morning.

Olds College has announced that former Dragon Brett Wilson will be the keynote speaker at its black-tie gala on March 23. This year, the event's theme is Cirque du Gala.

An increased number of chicken pox cases at Ecole Olds Elementary School earlier in January is no longer a concern to health officials or administrators at the school.

The Mountain View Museum coordinator was terminated in December, due to a funding shortfall.

A dangerous dog hearing called after an Olds woman had a large chunk of flesh ripped from her arm during a dog attack last summer is underway in Didsbury provincial court.