On June 8, ATCO Electric introduced a new electric car charging station in the town parking lot behind CIBC for more tourist attractions to the valley.
    After lots of cooperation between the Town of Drumheller, and Sun Country Highway, ATCO chose Drumheller to showcase the new accessibility for electric cars.
    “Well it’s a busy, touristy community,” said Terry Tonsi, ATCO District Manager. “We felt the opportunity that people would use this charging station was a high potential and this technology is so new, we have to get it out and make sure people use it.”
    There are currently two charging stations located at the town parking lot and the Badlands Community Facility (BCF).
    Sun Country Highway designs and builds the individual stations which is now considered the fastest electric vehicle charging network in the world.
    The company was able to attend the event in style, sporting its luxury Tesla electric model.
    As more users continue to access the chargers, ATCO will adapt and analyze the data collected from the machines.
    “We are trying to understand it at this time but Drumheller is a perfect spot due to the tourism and high volume of traffic,” said Tonsi.
    Overall, ATCO is proud to explore and expand into this new age of electric vehicles, hoping to become an industry leader.
    “It’s very exciting technology,” said Tonsi “To see electric vehicles drive down the road and have zero emissions and you know it’s protecting the environment and it’s green, it’s very, very exciting.”
    “Myself and the organization is tickled pink that we’re doing this.”

    
    The Village of Delia has a new face around the council table.
    The Village held a byelection after the departure of Yvon Fournier on February 15 of this year.  While the next municipal election is slated for this coming October, the village opted not to request a deferral and scheduled the election for May 16.
    Two candidates stepped up and Jordan MacNutt was selected on 38 of the 68 ballots cast, winning over Irene Arnold.
    MacNutt says her inspiration to run for Council comes from wanting to be more involved in the community.
    “My boyfriend and I moved to town about four or five years ago,” she said. “I have gone to almost every council meeting and wanted to get more involved in my community. We bought a house and we plan to live here for a very long time and raise a family here.”
    MacNutt brings some youth to the council chamber at age 26.  While often people say that young people don’t get involved, she sees many of her generation busy in the community.
    “We don’t have a very young population in town and those who are younger are involved in many things, but I felt we needed someone younger on council,” she said.
She adds that it is an opportune time for her to run.
    “It is good opportunity for someone to get in there because it’s only four months long. For someone that doesn’t know anything about being on council, it is a good chance to learn more about it.”