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Flu outbreak at Sunshine Lodge limits visitation
The Sunshine Lodge is experiencing an outbreak of flu-like cases and is limiting visitation. The Valley and indeed North America is wading through flu season. Earlier this season, the...
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Royal visit medallion bears hints to lives lived
Often history fades as the main players disappear. This may be the case with the members of the Dewar family in Drumheller, But Fred Orosz has a few clues about lives lived that include a possible...
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Mayors, Reeves extend best wishes for 2013
The Drumheller Mail is continuing to share New Year's wishes from Mayors and Reeves in the area. This week, the Mayors of Carbon and Hussar, and the Reeve of Wheatland County give their thoughts on...
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Knee hockey kicks off National Non-Smoking Week
This week is National Non-smoking Week and Drumheller is kicking off the event with a hockey tradition. The Alberta Health Services addictions office has teamed up with the Drumheller Dragons...
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Atlas receives mining bucket with tale to tell
If buckets could talk, the tales they would tell. After a donation by Ed Cheney on Thursday, January 10, the Atlas Coal Mine now have a mining bucket that has quite the story. It is believed...
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Lockdown and search at Drumheller Institution
At approximately 12:15 p.m., on January 21, Drumheller Institution, a medium security federal penitentiary, was placed on lockdown to facilitate the search of the institution as a result of an...
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Proposed pet bylaw returns
The Town of Drumheller is getting closer to outlining what is means to be a responsible pet owner in Drumheller. At the January 21 meeting of the Committee of the Whole, those present were...
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Spencer Fournier to sacrifice mullet
Football fans will remember the tassels of hair dangling above his number 33 Titans jersey as he raced into the end zone. Hockey fans can see the sweaty, matted mullet when the Raptor peels off...
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Committee looks ahead to more centennial celebrations
The sounds of fireworks could be heard all through Drumheller on New Year’s Eve, heralding the official start to Drumheller’s centennial year. The New Year’s Eve party was only the first of a...
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Hanna Primary deadline extended after Minister’s visit
The board of Prairie Land Regional School Division is feeling good after a meeting with Minister of Education Jeff Johnson last week in Hanna. On the list of topics was the imminent closure of...
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Teddies placed in memory of shooting tragedy
In December, the world was rocked by the tragic school shooting in a small Connecticut town. The news reverberated throughout the media and the full ramifications have yet to be seen....
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Relic at Curling Club becomes “Centennial Cup”
Last weekend 14 teams of women curlers took to the ice in the annual Bonspiel at the Drumheller Curling Club. While this is a tradition that spans generations, the club learned just how far it...
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Drumheller New Year’s baby first in Alberta
Good news waits for no one and this year’s New Year’s baby was certainly good news, arriving just 15 seconds after midnight on Tuesday, January 1. Bennett Richard Ray, son of Darby and...
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Destination marketing organization moves forward
Progress is being made to establish a destination marketing organization (DMO) for Drumheller. The Drumheller Town Council will be presented with a plan to move forward early this year. The...
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Crime trends remain constant
It appears that crime in Drumheller may have fallen off a bit, but Staff Sergeant Art Hopkins says the number of incidents may not be the only measure of a safe community. Not all crime is...
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RCMP search for Carbon Hall burglar
On December 31st, 2012, the Drumheller RCMP responded to a break and enter at the Carbon Community Hall wherein an undisclosed amount of money was stolen from a cash box belonging to the Carbon...
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Starland honours Reeves with Queen’s medal
100 years is a special feat, and in December, the original “Star Land” reached that milestone. Starland County, as we know it, is approaching its 70th year. This was an amalgamation of the...
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Mayors, Reeves look ahead to new year
The new year is well under way. For a glimpse of what 2013 has in store and what was accomplished in 2012, The Drumheller Mail spoke with a few Mayors and Reeves in the Drumheller area. John...
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Chinook Credit Union Board of Directors Message
On behalf of Chinook Credit Union’s board of directors, I’d like to congratulate our team in Drumheller on the grand opening of their beautiful new facility. The new building is evidence that...
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Hope College accepting applications
Home–grown post secondary education in the Drumheller area is quickly becoming a reality, now that Hope College has been approved by the Alberta Government to offer two programs come this...
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