Andrew Germain, right, accepts a post-secondary bursary for $500 from the Drumheller Legion’s Honours and Awards Chair Burt Cote. Because Germain comes from a family that has done military service, the Legion was able to use its Poppy Fund for the award. Germain is attending the University of Calgary this fall.
A Drumheller woman was given a six month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to property-related offenses.
Jaime Ryan, 35, appeared in provincial court in Drumheller on Friday, August 16. She pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without consent and possession of stolen property.
The court heard on February 15 of last year that she took her uncle’s 2005 Ram truck without consent.
Six days later on February 21, she was in Hanna and was observed in possession of a 2015 Dodge that had been previously stolen from a residence near Delia.
Ryan spent 15 days in custody following her arrest. The Crown and duty council agreed on a joint submission for a six month suspended sentence of six months, where she is bound by a probation order.
Her remaining charges, which include firearm offenses and failure to comply with conditions charges were withdrawn. Forfeiture of the firearm was ordered.
The Drumheller Dragons will have representation in Sochi, Russia when Roc Truman and Brady Risk play for the AJHL at the Sirius Junior Club World Cup.
Both forwards will have a chance to play on the world stage against junior hockey clubs from around the world, and Brady Risk says hes honoured at the chance.
“It’s up there for me with committing to (University of) Alaska (Fairbanks) as one of the memories I won’t forget,” Risk said.
He and Truman are currently at a hockey camp in Camrose getting ready for the tournament, meeting the other guys on the team and getting adjusted.
The 2019 Sirius Junior Club World Cup will be held at the home of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia from August 23 to 31, but the team will be there on August 19. Off the ice, the players will have a chance to visit some tourist destinations there.
The annual tournament, which is sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation, brings together players from junior hockey clubs from Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. The only Canadian team to win the trophy was the Sudbury Wolves from the OHL in 2013.
The tournament will be streamed online and can be followed on the AJHL’s social media.
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