Olds News

The Airdrie and District Humane Society will be getting a hand from the Community Learning Campus later in July when the CLC hosts a benefit Strut Your Mutt walk/jog for the organization.

This Saturday, motorcycle riders across Central Alberta will be roaring into Didsbury to help encourage men to get checked out and feel more comfortable talking about cancers below the belt.

Over the weekend, friends of the late James Cocke, the beloved coach of the Bowden Atom Blades hockey team, threw a fundraiser to support his young family.

The Municipal Planning Commission's approval of a development permit for a secondary suite located at 4918 Shannon Drive last week sparked a wider discussion about the nature of secondary suites and their place in the community.

Residents in Bowden may soon see a community bus running in the community after two used buses were purchased from the City of Calgary in early May.

The planned hotel and convention centre slated to be built on college lands has vaulted another hurdle after a land use bylaw amendment was passed at last Monday's (June 13) town council meeting.

Olds town council agreed to donate a piece of artwork to Mount View Lodge reflecting local artists within the community at its regular meeting on May 23. The cost of the donation is to not exceed $1,000.

Last Wednesday, senior economist Todd Hirsch of Alberta Treasury Branch met with the Olds and District Chamber of Commerce over breakfast to discuss Alberta's current position in the global economic machine.

Local recording artist Dani-Lynn Trentham and composer Phil Richard are putting their heads and talent together to bring relief to the evacuees of the Slave Lake fires through a benefit concert this evening.

An 18-year-old male from Olds is facing five counts of mischief under $5,000 following three buildings and two vehicles being spray-painted overnight between May 25 and 26. Olds RCMP received a report from a witness who saw someone spray-painting Dr.