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Bicycle safety session coming up
The Drumheller RCMP is teaming up with the Badlands Community Facility and Canadian Tire to help spread bicycle safety awareness. Drumheller is bike crazy this summer. The Tour of Alberta will...
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Redford cabinet to tour Valley over Labour Day long weekend
Albertans throughout the province will have an opportunity to meet with Premier Alison Redford face-to-face over the coming month. Premier Redford and the Honourable Dr. Richard Starke,...
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Province reviews Drumheller flood hazard map
The Province of Alberta, in response to the disastrous flooding in Southern Alberta in June, is proposing to ban development in areas labelled floodways, which includes much of Drumheller according to...
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Last Chance Saloon hits centennial milestone
The Rosedeer Hotel and Last Chance Saloon are celebrating 100 years this weekend. From Friday, August 9, to Sunday, August 11, there will be live bands, western shootouts, fireworks, and wagon rides...
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Provincial mid-handicap championship tees off today at Dinosaur Trail
Tom Zariski is head rules official for the Alberta Men’s Amateur Mid Handicap Championship to be played out at Dinosaur Trail Golf and County Club this week. This week competitive golfers from...
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Council postpones skatepark decision
A new skateboard park in Drumheller is moving closer to becoming a reality. At the July 29 meeting of Town Council, a delegation from the Drumheller Association of Skateboard Enthusiasts...
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Cotton Patch Gospel gets toes tapping
Alixandra Cowman (left), Amy Burks, Joel Stephanson, Lauren de Graaf, Bill Hamm, Ryan Schroeder, and Nathan Schmidt will get your toes tapping in Cotton Patch Gospel, playing until August 24 at...
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Chip seal project on Highway 9
August 11 to 14, Highway 9 from junction of Highway 56 to 10.7 kilometres east of the Highway 56 junction will be chip sealed. Road construction this season continues as Alberta Transportation...
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Rumsey Ride gallops into 24th year
Cowboys and girls from the Rumsey area are getting saddled up this weekend to ride for a good cause. On Sunday, August 11, the 24th annual Rumsey Ride will be hitting the trails in support of...
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Alberta Mid Handicap Championship underway at Dinosaur Trail
The Alberta Men’s Mid Handicap Championship is on today and tomorrow at Dinosaur Trail Golf and Country Club and so far, Drumheller golfers are doing well. At the end of Wednesday’s competition David...
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Pasta night planned for Dinosaur Half
Dinosaur Half Organizer Colin Kloot shows off this year’s Dinosaur Hall t-shirt design. To receive the shirt on race day, registration has to be completed by August 23. Registration forms are...
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Nolan Marshall heading to Manhattanville
Nolan Marshall is heading to the Division 3 NCAA ManhattanvIlle College to play for the Valiants. If you can make it there you can make it anywhere! The bright lights of the big city are...
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Carbon woman’s Stampede volunteerism a family legacy
Tara Suddeby-Johnson, right poses with fellow volunteer Fran Ebey in the Calgary Stampede Parade carriage. A Carbon resident has followed her family’s example and is an integral part of the...
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World War II film set to begin filming September
Rambunxious Entertainment will be in the valley this September to film The Iron Loop, a World War II film set in North Africa. It appears this year there is a resurgence of movie making in the...
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Have you quit tobacco?
AHS seeks quitting stories for Tarbox legacy book. Alberta Health Services (AHS) is asking for Albertans to share their stories of quitting tobacco to help inspire others to do the same through...
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Record breaking long weekend
The Atlas Coal Mine had their best weekend ever and with 1,950 individual visits, up 37 per cent. Records were falling all over the valley during the long weekend indicating that the lull in...
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Local riders take top spots in Drumheller motocross races
Barett Christensen, front, races to a first place finish, with Spencer James, right, close behind during the 85 cc 7-11 year old event on Sunday, August 4. The Drumheller Off Road Vehicle...
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Drumheller woman dead following vehicle rollover
A Drumheller woman is dead and a Hanna woman was airlifted to Calgary with life threatening injuries following a single motor vehicle rollover on Highway 544 east of Patricia At roughly 3:38...
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Encana aids Carbon Fire Department to defuse potential gas threat
The quick action of the Carbon Fire Department and support from Encana helped stave off a potentially deadly situation in Carbon on Thursday afternoon. About seven homes had to be evacuated after...
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Flood Recovery Chair to assess Drumheller
Mayor Terry Yemen, right, and Dr. Richard Starke, Minister of Tourism, Parks, and Recreation meet during the flood in June. After lobbying the provincial government, Yemen has received word from...
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