Olds News

Work on deconstructing the former Olds High School building will begin later this week, with the work expected to be completed by the beginning of May. The Municipal Planning Commission approved the permit for the work at its Feb. 17 meeting.

Service clubs in Olds combined to recently hand over $23,500 to the Mountain View Seniors' Housing Foundation to help pay for interior furnishings for the newly-renovated Mount View Lodge.

Olds town council received a presentation from Waste Management Inc. on Feb. 22 about the service they could offer to Olds residents if the firm is chosen to provide solid waste pickup to businesses and multi-family dwellings.

An open house regarding the potential building of an indoor activity centre in Bowden will be held on March 10 between 5 and 8:30 p.m. at the Friendship Centre.

Olds RCMP members worked extensive hours during the recent investigation into the Rexall Drug Store robbery, with three members working a combined 200 man-hours in the five days leading up to the arrest of the suspects.

With the expected completion of the Mount View Lodge only a few weeks away, the public was invited last week to take a tour of the new facility.

The two men who were apprehended and charged in relation to the Rexall Drug Store robbery on February 1 are now facing additional charges as a result of a search warrant executed in Red Deer on Feb. 12.

Bean Brokers is garnering increasing media attention for the shop's ability to receive and process orders via texting, with Shaw Cable coming in later this week to do a clip about the service.

Bowden town council authorized the transfer of $18,871.80 to the capital budget from the road reserve to pay for repair work to the header trench at the Igloo Arena.

Two men have been charged in connection with the Rexall Drug Store robbery on Feb. 1. Tyler Chad Cox, 21, and Stanley Chad Cox, 46, both of Red Deer, have been charged with eight counts and seven counts respectively in relation to the heist.