Olds News

Those who knew Master Cpl. Richard Curnow called news of his passing heartbreaking. The 25-year-old Carstairs native had been missing since disappearing during a 10-km training run with fellow soldiers in Edmonton's Emily Murphy Park May 5.

The Olds Agricultural Society has one of two municipal endorsements needed to submit a federal grant application intended to help fund its estimated $49.96 million Gateway Project.

Two of the youngest participants at the Canada-wide Science Fair are excited to return again next year after having taken in the fair for the first time from May 14 to 21 in Toronto.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Richard Marz has decided to retire from public life after more than 30 years in both provincial and municipal politics.

The EOES C.A.R.E Club is closing in on its second year of existence having just finished its second-annual community garage sale in the parking lot of the Ecolé Olds Elementary School.

Town administration agreed to a request by a group of 18 neighbouring residents in Lake Ridge that their concerns with meat smoking being operated out of a residence there be responded to within 10 days of the group making the presentation.

The Olds RCMP will be targeting crosswalk enforcement as part of its annual performance plan this year. The move comes in response to consultation members have had with community members over the last year.

The two suspects charged in the Feb. 1 robbery of the Rexall Drug Store will be appearing in Didsbury Provincial Court July 7 for a preliminary hearing.

While most of the province remained under a fire ban last week, the threat in Olds was reduced by rainfall spurring officials to downgrade the town's ban last Thursday to allow fires in approved pits.

The Town of Olds has received a relaxation on its wastewater licence due to the regional line currently under construction.