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RCMP track down leads in Mac’s armed robbery

    Drumheller RCMP have recovered some evidence that could prove to be key in tracking down the culprit involved in an armed robbery early Wednesday morning.
   At about 2 a.m. on November 6, three masked men entered the Mac’s/Husky gas bar and convenience store on South Railway Avenue. One of the culprits produced a handgun and demanded money from the lone clerk. They then fled the store on foot making way with cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets.
   The clerk was not injured and by Wednesday afternoon, the store had reopened for business.
   Staff Sergeant Art Hopkins said the police are awaiting surveillance footage and have recovered some evidence near the scene.
   “There were some items recovered today that were directly associated to the incident,” said Hopkins on Wednesday afternoon.
   “The evidence recovered during the day will be subject to DNA analysis, and any person that has had to provide DNA will be identified.”
   Drumheller RCMP continues to investigate the incident. If you have any information that could prove helpful, contact the Drumheller detachment at 403-823-7590. If you wish to remain anonymous and possibly qualify for a cash reward, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Please wear a poppy

Master Seaman Mya Russell, left, pins a poppy to Gilles Danis leading up to Remembrance Day.
The Sea Cadets were out in force selling poppies, which support the Royal Canadian Legion’s Poppy Fund.
These funds are used to support veterans.
Remembrance Day ceremonies in Drumheller are at 10:30 a.m. at the Badlands Community Facility.

Dinosaur rush continues with new fossil find

Normally when fall rolls around, field work at the Royal Tyrrell Museum slows down considerably, but a new find is keeping crews busy even as snow blankets the province.
Palaeontologists from the Tyrrell Museum believe the skeleton is from Hypacrosaurus, a large hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) that lived about 68 million years ago. Hadrosaurs roamed throughout western North America and measured up to twelve metres long.

Dr. Don Brinkman, Becky Sanchez, Jim McCabe, Joe Sanchez, and Darren Tanke of the Royal Tyrrell Museum with a 68 million year old hardosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) skeleton unearthed in Leduc. On October 23, the museum was called by a construction crew who found the beast while digging for a new housing development.

    This is the second hadrosaur collected in Alberta in the space of a month. A discovery on October 1 at Spirit River, near Grande Prairie, made international news.
   “It’s been an incredible year for dinosaur finds,” said Andrew Neuman, executive director of the Royal Tyrrell Museum. “This surge in fossil finds has supplemented our own work this field season due in part to increased awareness and diligence among industry and keen-eyed amateurs.”
   Museum staff received a call from the Degner Construction Group on October 23 to investigate a fossil find. While digging a trench for a new housing development by Qualico Communities, Degner employees found a series of fossils about six metres below the surface.
   Together with Museum staff, the Degner crew used its large excavator to remove the soil, rock and other material above the fossil, allowing it to be secured and safely transported back to the museum on November 5. So far, a tail and hips are visible in the exposed portion of the fossil, and some skull elements have been identified.
   The Leduc fossil will be stored in the museum’s collections until it is prepared for further study.

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