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Honouring Drumheller's trees with Indigenous blessing

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Trees at the powwow site behind the Badlands Community Facility were honoured through song and prayer by Indigenous Elder John Sinclair on Friday, April 8. Elder Sinclair acknowledged the changes that are taking place throughout the Drumheller Valley for flood mitigation work and sang a song grieving the loss of the trees already removed in the area, and a second song celebrating the trees that remain. Following the songs, Elder Sinclair held a prayer, and asked Creator to help and support Drumheller Mayor Heather Colberg and council members as they continue moving forward with the project, and they make decisions and changes for the protection and betterment of the community. At the ceremony were (l-r) Councillor Tony Lacher, Drumheller Resiliency and Flood Mitigation project director Deighen Blakely, Chief Administrative Officer Darryl Drohomerski, Elder John Sinclair, Mayor Heather Colberg, Councillors Stephanie Price and Crystal Sereda.


Drumheller Rotary presents Taylor Reid as March Student of the Month

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St. Anthony’s School has named Taylor Reid as the Rotary Student of the Month for March 2022. Taylor is a grade 10 student who is very involved within the school and community. She is currently the co-head of the Year Book committee and is involved in a number of extra-curricular activities including sports and is someone who mentors younger students. For these efforts Taylor was presented with a package from Rotarian Barb Campbell. This package contains a movie pass from Napier Theatre, a $25 gift certificate from Riverside Value Drug Mart, a free pizza and soft drink from Boston Pizza and a certificate and $25 cheque from the Rotary Club. Congratulations Taylor.

Fate of Drumheller Curling Club on brighter course

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The future of the Drumheller Curling Club looks a little brighter following a meeting on Thursday, April 7 to create a dialogue between the club’s executive board and members, members of the public, along with representatives from the Town of Drumheller and Curling Alberta.
On March 9 the club announced its current location would no longer be available as of June 30 due to significant repairs and updates required to bring the building up to code amid health and safety concerns.
“It was a productive meeting where, at the end, we stated that if there was a desire to continue to move forward, we all needed to work together,” shares Drumheller Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Darryl Drohomerski.
One way the Town is working to help the club is through “some minor repairs” to the existing rink facility to further extend its life. Initial estimates to complete all the repairs to the facility were around $1 million, though this cost could increase if additional work was identified once repairs began; this amount did not include any aesthetic or ice updates.
However, during this time, CAO Drohomerski notes the Drumheller Curling Club will need to make “significant progress” in their fundraising efforts toward building a new facility.
The existing facility was originally built in the 1950s, and the topic of a new rink has been in discussion for several years between the club and the Town.
Feasibility reports on both the club and facility were brought to council in 2018, along with designs for a new, fully-accessible rink estimated at between $5.6 million and $8.4 million.
For now, the club is looking forward to being able to have another season in the fall and begin working toward raising the necessary funds to help build a new facility.


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