The heat was blistering, but that didn’t stop Drumheller from celebrating our nation’s birthday on Canada Day.
The morning was off to a great start with the Canada Day Parade. Over 120 floats came out for the parade, with many going all out to recognize Canada’s birthday and the Drumheller Centennial.
In the Community category, the Drumheller Public Library took the top spot, followed by the Starland County and Badlands Gals floats.
Drumheller Minor Soccer placed first in the Sports category. The Titans Cheerleaders took second and the Drumheller Dragons came in third.
The Drumheller and District 4-H Club placed first in the Youth Category, followed by Puppet-Up and the Drumheller Scouts.
In the Commercial category, the Royal Tyrrell Museum placed first. ATCO and Riverside Value Drug Mart were awarded second and third, respectively.
The Royal Tyrrell Museum won first
in the Commercial category.
In the Antique category, the Al-Azhar Shiners were awarded first place, followed by Bumper Boat Amusements and the Homestead Museum.
The Niklom Group were awarded first in the Equestrian category, followed by the Verdant Valley Ag Society and Homestead Museum.
When the parade was over, residents flocked to the Rotary Spray Park for the remainder of the Canada Day celebrations. Kids packed the inflatable rides, mini-golf, dunk tank, and fountain, while adults tried to beat the heat in the shade and listened to some great music on stage.
At 6 p.m., everyone stopped and proudly sang O’ Canada. Then, attendees were treated to two huge Canada Day/Drumheller Centennial cakes.
The music picked right up again and the celebration continued. Then, at 11 p.m., the fireworks ended Canada Day with a bang.
