The Village of Morrin is looking for willing residents to put their name into the hat for a by-election to fill a vacant Village Councillor position.
    Councillor Tyler Key resigned his position recently. Key had been a councillor since October 2010.
    Key, who worked as an account manager with Acklands-Grainger in Drumheller, accepted a new position within the company, however the new job is in Red Deer.
    Key’s departure comes roughly a year and a half before the next general election in Morrin is called, thus a by-election is needed to elect his replacement.
    Key is also leaving behind board positions, such as the library board, and fire department. A new councillor could fill those vacancies.
    “This is the first time I’ve had to run a by-election in all the years I’ve been here,” said Annette Plachner, the Chief Administrative Officer of Morrin.
    Plachner is overseeing the by-election process and is collecting nominations. As of press time, there had been one interested resident.
    “I have one [previous] councillor...he’s planning on taking a nomination out and wanting to come back,” said Plachner.
    Depending on the number of nominations received, the decision would be made by acclamation or through an election.
    Nominations will be taken on Monday, April 30, between 10 a.m. and 12 noon at the Morrin Village office.

    The toxicology reports for two inmates at the Drumheller Institution who died Christmas Eve showed toxic amounts of the drug Fentanyl in their systems.
    Shortly after 3 a.m. on December 24, 2011 during cell checks, an inmate named Nicholas Whynott was found unresponsive in his cell.
    Correctional officers entered the cell, staff initiated treatment and EMS was dispatched. Whynott was pronounced deceased at the Drumheller Health Centre.         The 24 year old was serving a six-year sentence for drug charges.
    RCMP were called to attend at the Institution and while they were investigating, a second inmate was found to be unresponsive. Derek Upton was taken to the Drumheller Health Centre where he was later pronounced dead.
    Upton was 35 years old and was serving a life sentence for murder.
    Corporal Mike Black told inSide Drumheller the toxicology has been completed and both had toxic levels of Fentanyl in their bodies. Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate and painkiller. It is known to be similar in action, but more potent than morphine.
    These two deaths followed less than two weeks after Dang Akays Dang was found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead at the Drumheller Health Centre. It appears his death was self-inflicted.
    As with all in-custody deaths, a fatality inquiry will be held.  Corrections Services Canada also said in a press release at the time of the deaths, it would also review the circumstances surrounding the incidents.