Municipal News

Budget 2026 was announced last month by Alberta's government and it was reviewed by Olds council during the March 9th regular meeting.

The Alberta Utilities Commission has closed the initial application by Synapse Data Center for its proposed project in the Town of Olds.

Community members will have to look up, way up to see a special guest that will be arriving at Mountain View County's annual Canada Day breakfast.

At last week's council meeting, Reeve Angela Aalbers notes that they went over some of the topics that will be discussed when a few Mountain View County representatives sit down with Rimbey-Rocky-Mountain House MLA Jason Nixon on March 16th and Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Devin Dreeshen on March 17th.

The Town of Olds has been looking at the RCMP long-term plan for a couple of years now.

The Olds Humane Society is going to have the opportunity to turn the Town's former municipal enforcement building into its first actual established facility in the community.

Mayor Dan Daley says Jason van Gaal, Founder and CEO of Synapse, provided a snap shot of some of the processes and plans for the project going forward during the Town of Olds council meeting on Monday, February 23rd.

Olds council has approved rezoning of a section of land in the north east corner of Town from Future Urban (FUD) to Light Industrial (ILD).