Olds News

A Carstairs man is the first to publicly announce his intentions of running for the position of Didsbury-Olds-Three Hills MLA, once vacated by Richard Marz.

A total of $5,500 was raised over the last month between the two businesses for their respective charities, but Shoppers Drug Mart came out on top, raising $3,700 for Weekend to End Women's Cancers, with Home Hardware raising a respectable $1,800 for

Saturday afternoon the Community Learning Campus (CLC) Health and Wellness Centre celebrated its first anniversary with a barbecue, a 500-metre swim and a 3-kilometre run around the college grounds.

The Municipal Planning Commission granted approval to S.Y. & S. Restaurant Ltd for a development permit to construct a restaurant at 5509 and 5513 46 Street in Olds. The decision was made at the commission's meeting on June 16.

The Olds Elementary School Care Club recently reached — and surpassed — its goal of raising $15,000 to build a school in India.

Merchants and residents alike can breath easier as construction nears completion for the stretch of 50 Ave that extends from 46 St (Hwy. 27) to 49 St.

Parked along 20 Street beside the train station, were rows of motorcycles Saturday afternoon and into the early evening. Ninety-two riders finished the fourth Rural Ride For Dad over the weekend, raising money and awareness for prostate cancer.

Kurtis Layden, an Olds High School student, was among a group of students invited to Government House in Edmonton last week to talk to Dave Hancock, minister of education and Ray Danyluk, minister of infrastructure, about new schools the government i

Talking on a cellphone while driving is on its way out in Alberta. So is texting, programming GPS devices and eating. The province announced Wednesday the distracted driving law that will come into effect September 1st.

A school bus driver being hailed as a hero after she brought her crippled bus to a stop after it drove over a washed-out section of road last week said she is overwhelmed by the attention.