Mountain View Today

Social media comments on snow removal spurs Town of Bowden into action. http://ow.ly/sbTA30nqAw3

Town of Olds administration is reviewing and discussing the policies around snow removal. http://ow.ly/qpci30nqAtB

An Enzo Developments Inc. plan calls for the Miller Meadows subdivision in Olds to be developed in three phases, with about 100 living units in each. http://ow.ly/m9rm30npK2W

“One of the coolest things that wasn’t on my radar going down there was vampire bats. We don’t have them up here. So how do you treat and manage a vampire bat wound that a horse has?” said Olds College instructor Dr. Kelsey Shacker. http://ow.ly/1e1F30npK0f

École Deer Meadow School girls basketball teams won the A division and placed second in the B division while the boys finished second in their A and B divisions of the Chinook’s Edge Athletics Association’s Middle School Basketball Tournament. http://ow.ly/NqFB30npJTZ

Derrik Sagmoen, 36, of Calgary was arrested by Olds RCMP after police received a tip Jan. 6 from a local resident who was suspicious about a truck with a holiday trailer parked at the Olds-Didsbury Airport. http://ow.ly/bCQK30noQrJ

Early in 2019, Eugene Jackson’s family discovered they had a brother they never knew existed. http://ow.ly/pf4V30noPLO

Award-winning films coming to Olds this weekend. http://ow.ly/fngf30nmTxz

This is not the first time John Schneider has had a vehicle stolen from his shop, and in fact it’s at least the fourth vehicle stolen in the last 12 months, he says. http://ow.ly/E8Mb30nmTox

@SB511Alberta is reporting that on Highway 2 south of Hwy. 27 near Olds there is a jackknifed semi. Motorists advised to stay right to avoid. Expect delays and use caution in the area. (11:56am) #ABRoads

THROWBACK THURSDAY - The following column, by former local columnist Alice Cundiff, is reprinted by popular request from the July 5, 1995 edition of the Olds Albertan. Cundiff passed away Dec. 11, 2018 at age 83. http://ow.ly/80Yg30nlUjW

Northbound Hwy. 2A was opened to traffic shortly before 7 p.m. today after a fatal collision between a grain truck and pickup truck. https://twitter.com/CarstairsFire/status/ 1085728967393390592

At 1:04 p.m. today Didsbury and Olds RCMP were called to a collision involving a grain truck and a pickup truck. The grain truck was southbound on Hwy. 2A when it appears to have lost control, collided with the pickup resulting in a fatality. http://twitter.com/511Alberta/status/1085 707992165543936

“…The only reason we’re able to catch this one is from local people in town paying attention. They kept calling us in and we were able to get him cornered here and nobody got hurt,” said Olds RCMP Const. Kurtis Milbrandt. http://ow.ly/oaHS30nllTn

“It’s important for us to evolve to serve our communities, which are also changing,” Westview Co-op general manager Dennis Laing said in a news release. http://ow.ly/4a0g30nllSh

“We hope the entire town will come out to support the torch relay runners and are excited to promote sports and local athletics,” Olds community facilitator Jennifer Lutz wrote to local businesses regarding Canada Winter Games celebrations. http://ow.ly/NXed30nllR3

Olds Association for Community Living renovations expected to be done by spring. http://ow.ly/mmUI30nllPu

“This was was a very exciting, gritty performance by the girls,” head coach Brad Clapp says of the Olds High School girls’ basketball team. http://ow.ly/yFWL30nllNC