Category Archives: Local News
Festival Of Lights Amazing Again
The unofficial kickoff to the Christmas season in the Drumheller Valley happened over the weekend and even Mother Nature could not stop the festivities. The Festival of Lights took over Downtown Drumh...
Nov 26, 2024 The crowd was impressive considering the snow for Festival of Lights on Saturday night
Province To Look At Possible New Dam Upriver From Drumheller
Earlier this year, the Province of Alberta discussed the possibility of creating a new reservoir on the Red Deer River, upstream from Drumheller and downstream from Red Deer. The possible location is ...
Nov 25, 2024 Potential area for a dam and reservoir; Image courtesy of Google Maps
McMullen Island Now All Season Venue
For a number of years, there were a number of people that were hopeful that McMullen Island would become an all season park. Well as of November 4th, that has come to fruition. The Town of Drumheller ...
Nov 25, 2024 Even the deer are excited that McMullen Island will be open all year long
Strathmore Man Charged From Fatal Accident In January
On Jan. 6, 2024, at approximately 11:45 p.m., Drumheller RCMP, Emergency Medical Services and local Fire Departments responded to a 2 vehicle head-on collision on Hwy 9 near Range Road 214, west of Dr...
Nov 23, 2024
Drumheller RCMP Adds Regional Police And Crisis Team
There is a new operation at the Drumheller RCMP that will help not only those in our community, but a number of communities in East Central Alberta. Drumheller RCMP now operates a Regional Police and ...
Nov 23, 2024 Psychiatric nurse Julia Davis and Constable Victor Iliescu are the new members of the Regional Police and Crisis team based at the Drumheller RCMP detachment.
Winter Travel Advisory Issued By Drumheller RCMP
With snowy conditions, cold, and extreme weather season upon us, Drumheller RCMP remind the public to take proper precautions for winter travel. Motorists should plan, exercise caution, be diligent, a...
Nov 21, 2024 Conditions on area roads are wintery, which resulted in Drumheller RCMP issuing a Winter Driving Advisory
Pay Parking Moving Forward In Drumheller
This past summer the Town of Drumheller underwent a trial of paid parking at a number of parking lots within our community. The pilot program was in place from May 1st until October 31st of this year....
Nov 21, 2024
Attempted Murder In Cremona
On Nov. 18, 2024, at approximately 2:37 a.m., Didsbury RCMP was dispatched to a report of a disturbance at a residence in Cremona. The complainant, who was in Calgary, indicated that there was a male ...
Nov 20, 2024
Postal Strike Affecting Workers In Drumheller And Area
At 12:01 AM on Friday, November 15th, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) were officially on strike, affecting postal delivery services across the country. Drumheller is also included in the j...
Nov 18, 2024 The local postal delivery people the deliver our mail are on strike and set up their picket line across from the Canada Post office in Drumheller on Friday.
UPDATE: Kohut Crossing Open
UPDATE: After months of hard work and dedication, the Midland Bridge, now known as Kohut Crossing, is open! The project, led by the Town of Drumheller's Infrastructure Services Department, has seen si...
Nov 15, 2024 Members of the Kohut family, Town of Drumheller representatives, members of the Rails To Trails Task Force, and members of the Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce were on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony for Kohut Crossing