Olds News

After nine long months of being on a wait-list for a double lung transplant, Didsbury resident Ron Becker received a call on Sept. 2 alerting him to make his way to the University of Alberta (U of A) Hospital in Edmonton, as his lungs were ready.

The Olds Institute For Community and Regional Development and the Town of Olds hosted part 2 of a Business Vitality Initiative on Wednesday, refining a process that was started in April.

Criminal charges are pending against an Edmonton man following an alcohol-related two-vehicle crash on the QEII on Oct. 1 that claimed the life of his friend.

A 62-year-old woman from North Bay, Ontario was killed on Thursday when the car she was riding in collided with an eastbound 2005 Ford pickup at the intersection of Queen Elizabeth II Highway and Amerada Road.

The Olds Midget A Mustangs are awaiting the first games of the year after completing a successful selection camp last week.

A 59-year-old Bowden man was killed Sept. 27 when the flatbed truck he was driving struck a gravel truck that was stopped on Highway 595 while preparing to turn north on Delburne Road. The crash occurred shortly before 7:50 a.m.

The Olds College Board of Governors has approved the designation of 7.4 hectares of college property east of the wetlands for the Prairie Turfgrass Research Centre.

Construction of the new fire hall should begin sometime later this fall after council ratified third reading of a borrowing and construction bylaw at town council's regular meeting last week. It should be done by the end of September 2012.

The Olds Grizzlys finished last week with two wins and a loss in Alberta Junior Hockey League play.

The Town of Olds is hoping to earn itself an accolade at the 2012 Sustainable Community Awards for its innovative sonic leak detection system, which has now been at work for over a year and a half.