Olds News

Conservative incumbent Blake Richards soundly defeated four challengers to win re-election in the Wild Rose riding during Monday's federal vote.

Over 200 delegates from around Canada and Mexico will be descending on Olds High School for a three-day UNESCO conference beginning Wednesday.

About 300 people attended the Olds Agricultural Society's sixth annual Chautauqua on Saturday night at the Cow Palace.

Town of Olds residents will be seeing an average increase of $3.90 per month on the municipal portion of their residential tax bill after town council passed the 2011 tax rate bylaw on April 26. The increase works out to $46.

After many years of involvement with the Alberta Professional Chuckwagon and Chariot Association, Joe Halerewich was honoured with the Olds Agricultural Society's volunteer of the year for all his involvement with the chuckwagon committee last year.

Town council gave second and third reading to a land use amendment bylaw to bring the current use at 6102 and 6110 46 Street into conformity with the Land Use Bylaw. The decision was made by council on April 26.

The Hepps were honoured this year as the rural family of the year at the Olds Agricultural Society's sixth annual Chautauqua. Brian, Melanie and daughters Cassandra, Kyla, Amanda and Brittany moved to Olds in 2003 where CKFM was founded a year later.

Flooded out families from Braeburn Estates have begun moving back into their townhouse units this week while others are still being temporarily housed throughout the community.

Members of the Innisfail RCMP's Integrated Traffic Unit are looking for a blue or black Dodge minivan that may have contributed to a fatal crash Thursday afternoon about five kilometres north of Highway 27 on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway.

The move to the new building has allowed the Olds Municipal Library to be much more flexible in its offerings to the public and has been a great boon to staff, according to the library manager.