The Olds A&W location raised over $6300 during the 2019 edition of Burgers to Beat MS day. Funds will support the MS Society of Canada. Just over $5000 had been collected in 2018, according to Olds A&W Owner Dean Bracken.

CEO Su Kania of Olds SoftGels under Terra Life Sciences was one of the presenters during the Olds is Open For Business breakfast meeting held on Wednesday, August 21st at the Olds Legion.

Representatives from the Olds & District Chamber of Commerce, Uptown Olds and the town of Olds were all on hand for a special town hall breakfast meeting on Wednesday, August 21st at the Olds Legion.

Olds Koinonia Christian School Principal Dwayne Brown is looking forward to the 2019-2020 school year with a total of about 340 students at their K-12 facility.

Season tickets will be available for purchase as the Olds Grizzlys hold a fun community event on Thursday, August 22nd. From noon until 4pm in the Olds SportsComplex parking lot there will be a bbq, road hockey and more.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada will benefit from Burgers to Beat MS at A&W locations on Thursday, August 22nd.

The Friends of the Didsbury Library invite community members to fill up a bag or a box with books during the monthly book sale. It takes place on Friday, August 23rd at the old Didsbury town office on 19th Avenue from 10:30am until 4:30pm.

Local vaulting athletes have had a busy season with championships, competitions and camps over the summer. Four athletes from Alberta represented Canada during the 2019 World Junior Vaulting Championships in Europe last month, followed by the Provincial Vaulting Championships in Stavely during the August 10th weekend. And last week, vaulters attended a summer camp for beginners.

Olds firefighter Noel D'Arcy is going to try to get his name into the Guiness World Record book on Sunday, August 18th. D'Arcy will also be raising money for the Terry Fox Foundation when he puts on full firefighting gear - including an air tank and breathing through the apparatus - in order to run in the Servus Edmonton Marathon.

More than 1000 cyclists are expected to make their way from Calgary to Sundre and back on Saturday, August 17th and Sunday, August 18th during the 2019 Enbridge Ride To Conquer Cancer.

The West Country Ag Tour in Clearwater County is on Tuesday, August 20th and the cost is $35 per person which includes meals.

The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and the Minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), has announced over $1.9 million in Regional Innovation Ecosystems (RIE) funding towards Olds College to bolster Alberta’s agriculture industry.

This is the 7th year for Alberta Open Farm Days. The event runs on Saturday, August 18th and Sunday, August 19th. It includes tours of farms from around the province and a chance to learn from producers.

The Legion National Youth Track & Field Championships were held last weekend. Olds High School student Haylin Eling traveled to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia for the annual event.

A change in leadership is on the horizon for the town of Didsbury. Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Harold Northcott has accepted the CAO position with the County of Vermilion River and will start his new job there in early September. Northcott has tendered his resignation to the town of Didsbury and Mayor Rhonda Hunter hopes to see a new interim CAO in place by the end of August or early next month.

The AgSmart expo began on Tuesday, August 13th. The two-day show at Olds College started with a number demonstrations and a session with Robert Saik as he launched his book "Food 5.0: How We Feed The Future".

Sundial Growers is thrilled to be established in the town of Olds and Mountain View County through a long term partnership, according to Andrew Stordeur. The President of Sundial Growers adds, that is why the company has been so successful.

Staying true to its motto - Connecting Alberta - Cold Shot has connected more towns with Edmonton and Calgary. As of Saturday, August 10th the Cold Shot bus service will be stopping at Leduc, Millet, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka, Lacombe, Blackfalds, Innisfail, Olds and Crossfield.

The Didsbury Fair & Rodeo features Foothills Cowboy Association performances at 6pm on Friday, August 16th and at 1 o'clock on Saturday, August 17th at the Didsbury Ag Society grounds.

Nathan Cooper can't think of anything more ridiculous than seeing MacLean's magazine ranking Mountain View County last on a list of the Best Communities in Canada. The Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA says it is very clear that no one from MacLean's has ever stepped foot in Mountain View County.

John Stott had the quickest chuckwagon and Tyrel Miller was fastest in the chariots during the 2019 Bulls & Wagons event from August 9th through the 11th in Sundre.

Olds College and Agri-Trade have partnered to produce a must-see new agriculture event, AgSmart. Taking place August 13-14th at Olds College, AgSmart isn’t just a trade show, it is a hands-on demonstration and education exposition focused on technology and data across the agriculture sector - how to gather it as well as how to use it to enhance productivity and profits.

The First Rider school bus safety program is coming to Red Deer & Olds this week.

1502 blizzard treats were created by staff members at the Dairy Queen location in Olds on Thursday, August 8th during the Miracle Treat Day.

A 28 year old male from Innisfail faces charges following a complaint of a possible fraud at the registries office in the town of Olds and a subsequent police pursuit which concluded when a Jeep stolen from the Three Hills area go stuck in a wheat field east of Crossfield.

Since January 1st, 44 vehicles were stolen from the Olds RCMP detachment area. Almost half of these vehicles were stolen when they were left running and unattended, or with keys left inside the vehicle. During the same period, there were 64 reports of thefts from vehicles in the detachment area. 50 of those incidents alone were within the town of Olds.