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An Innisfail man who allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend and assaulted two police officers March 28 appeared before Airdrie Court yesterday facing 15 charges.

Olds residents will have two occasions to ask questions to the constituency's four candidates before Election Day. The Olds Municipal Library has organized coffee sessions with three of the four candidates at the library.

A fundraising event for 15-year-old McKenzie Robbie, an Olds High School student diagnosed in November with leukemia, will be taking place on April 12 at the Olds College Alumni Centre.

Not only is Wildrose candidate Bruce Rowe confident that he can win the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills riding, he is also confident his party can gain a majority of the province's seats and sweep aside 41 years of consecutive PC party rule in Alberta once

Former Olds College instructor Garth Davis will be the Liberal candidate for the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills riding. The Liberal party announced it on its website last Monday.

Starting last Sunday, Town of Olds increased its water and wastewater rates by five cents.

The NDP has practical solutions that will help all 51ºÚÁÏs, says Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills candidate Kristie Krezanowski. “I think the strength is that the NDP has practical and attainable commitments that will improve the lives of all 51ºÚÁÏs.

Premier Alison Redford stopped in Olds last Friday afternoon to meet with local PC candidate Darcy Davis and with constituents.

Bowden town council will be considering the town's 2012 budget at its next meeting on April 9, when administration will present the budget for adoption.

Brett Wilson, a former host of the CBC program Dragons' Den, told a group of about 500 people on Friday – including politicians from all three levels of government – that what he sees as the divide-and-conquer mentality of pitting urban and rural pop