Category Archives: Local News
Rates Increasing For Water, Solid Waste, And Recycling For 2025
The 2025 Utility Operating and Capital Budget was adopted by Mayor and Council at the November 4, 2025, Regular Council Meeting. Alongside the 2025 Utility Operating Budget, Administration has develop...
Nov 08, 2024 Image of the Water Treatment Facility from earlier this fall.
We Shall Remember Them
As we approach Remembrance Day, there are a number of ceremonies that will be held throughout our area on Monday, November 11th. Acme - 10:30 AM at the Acme Community Centre Big Valley - 10:45 AM at t...
Nov 07, 2024 alexmillos / Depositphotos.com
Clarity On The Construction Delays On Gordon Taylor Bridge
As many have noticed, the construction work on the Gordon Taylor Bridge continues even though the initial deadline of the end of October has come and gone. The signage now states that the work will co...
Nov 06, 2024 Alberta Transportation shares that due to delays, the construction on the Gordon Taylor Bridge will continue until December
Drumheller Performing Arts Festival Taking Hiatus
In a surprising announcement via social media, the Drumheller Performing Arts Festival has announced that there will be no festival for 2025. The festival which has been in our community for over 85 y...
Nov 05, 2024 Image courtesy of the Drumheller Performing Arts Festival.
Permanent Representation For Indigenous People In The Drumheller Valley
If you have been in Centennial Park behind the Badlands Community Facility, you may have noticed a new addition to the park. There has been a new all metal tipi constructed in the park. Lynn Fabrick w...
Nov 04, 2024 The new tipi installation is set amongst the trees to the northwest of the Badlands Community Facility
Halloween 2024 Full Of Ghouls And Gobblins
Kids in costumes were everywhere in the Drumheller Valley as many were out to trick or treat. From all accounts it was mostly treats, especially in Downtown Drumheller as a number of businesses partic...
Nov 01, 2024 The streets were filled with kids trick or treating on Halloween with many merchants from Drumheller.
Train Derailment Near Beiseker
Airdrie Rural/Beiseker RCMP are currently on scene at a train derailment near Beiseker, north of Highway 9, between Highway 806 and Range Road 255. Fire and CN are en route. There are 19 cars off the ...
Nov 01, 2024 19 rail cars have derailed on the CN Rail line just northeast of Beiseker, north of Highway 9; Image courtesy of Airdrie Rural/Beiseker RCMP.
Assault Of Starland County Resident
On October 31, 2024 at approximately 4:30 p.m., Drumheller RCMP members responded to an assault in progress call at a rural location in Starland County east of Michichi. On arrival, RCMP members took ...
Nov 01, 2024
New Job Opportunities May Be Hard To Find In Our Area
The latest information out about employment in the Drumheller - Camrose region shows that our area has the lowest unemployment rate in the province. According to information provided through the Provi...
Oct 31, 2024
The End Of Lehigh Is Imminent
It is just a matter of time before the community of Lehigh in the Drumheller Valley is a thing of the past. During the Drumheller Town Council meeting on October 21st, the first reading of Bylaw 33-24...
Oct 30, 2024 The end of the community of Lehigh is one step closer with the Town of Drumheller putting forward a bylaw to close all the remaining roads in the community.