Olds News

Members of local victims services foundations accept a cheque for $83,000 after the third annual Wild Rose Hockey Challenge, Aug. 27 at the Spray Lakes Sawmills Recreation Centre in Cochrane.

The Community Learning Campus fitness centre will be hosting a demonstration day in Centennial Park on Sept. 12 in order to introduce the community to all the offerings that are available this fall. It will be going from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Town council passed a series of 10 recommendations for the Chinook Meadows Area Structure Plan in the southwest section of town on August 22 following deliberation of second and third reading and a public hearing on the issue.

Community volunteers will be a critical factor if a summer parade is to be revived in Olds, councillors and administration concluded during an impromptu discussion on the topic during last week's regular council meeting.

Occupational Health and Safety is continuing its investigation into the death of a 43-year-old woman on a rural property near Bowden. The woman died as a result of injuries she received when she was thrown from a horse mid-afternoon on August 23.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards posted a photo of his bloodstained hockey jersey on his Twitter site Sunday after he suffered a broken nose during the annual Wild Rose Hockey Challenge charity game the previous night in Cochrane.

Three Bowden teens are facing multiple Criminal Code charges in connection to a break-in at a Town of Bowden public works building. Olds RCMP Cpl. Jay Peden said a break-in occurred at the public works building on Aug. 5.

The Town of Olds and Mountain View County will be discussing the possibility of the county contributing capital dollars to the new fire hall in town.

There are a few odds and ends to finish but otherwise the new Holy Trinity School is ready to serve Olds and the 80 students who will begin attending classes in the Catholic school on Sept. 1. The new 30,000-sq.-ft.

A 20-year-old Red Deer man was taken to Olds Hospital and Care Centre Thursday afternoon after the car he was driving rolled about 10 kilometres east of Olds on Highway 27. Police say the incident happened at about 3 p.m.