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    The Drumheller Dragons went on a scoring frenzy last weekend notching 15 goals in just two games and earning four points.
    The Dragons hosted the Canmore Eagles on Friday night, November 22, and the Dragons’ onslaught began 5:15 into the first period when Scout Truman scored. This was followed up by Adam Heindel who scored his third of the season, and then Eric Martin put the Dragons up 3-0.
    The Eagles scored one in the first period and was able to tie it up five minutes into the second period. The Dragons went on a tear and Grayson Dietrich, Derrick Budz, Roc Truman, and Steve Zonneveld, put the Dragons up 7-3. The Eagles added one more to end the second period.
    In the third period, Budz scored his second of the game, followed by Brady Risk. The Eagles added one more before Budz completed his hat-trick shorthanded with less than a minute and a half left. The Dragons won 10-5.
    The Dragons peppered the Eagles with 45 shots. Both teams switched out their goalies.
    On Saturday, November 23 the Dragons were in Camrose to take on the Kodiaks and the scoring continued. Kasey Hiemstra, Jeremie Roy, and Scout Truman put the Dragons up 3-0 in the first period.
    The Kodiaks scored at the tail end of the second period, but the Dragons persisted in the third with Roy scoring his second, and Luke Fennig made it 5-1 to end the game. Colin Ahern got the win for the Dragons in net, stopping 40 shots.
    The four-point weekend helped the Dragons pull further ahead of the Kodiaks as they hang on to third place in the Viterra AJHL South division.
    This Thursday, November 28 the Dragons host the Whitecourt Wolverines and then Friday the Brooks Bandits. On Sunday they head to Calgary to play the Canucks.

On Monday, November 25, Drumheller Town Council approved Bylaw 15.19 which establishes the Drumheller Resiliency and Flood Mitigation Office. 

In this meeting Council also approved the appointment of Darwin Durnie as Chief Resiliency and Flood Mitigation Officer and created an advisory committee to oversee the program implementation. 

The responsibilities of the program will be to administer and manage flood readiness, oversee drought management and direct infrastructure projects related to the flood resiliency project. 

“This is a very important step in our flood mitigation program and we have chosen a person who is capable, responsible and knows the valley very well”, outlined Mayor Heather Colberg. “With the magnitude of this project, we look forward to working with, and using Darwin’s expertise”. 

“The vision from Council for this office is to be proactive and change the channel on flood readiness, with a sustainable plan to protect Drumheller from future flooding”, outlined Darryl Drohomerski, CAO for the Town of Drumheller. 

Darwin Durnie added, “Council and CAO have been very innovative in creating a program office. It will allow the Town to focus on daily operations while the program can be efficient and nimble dealing with this very complex project. I'm pleased we can continue to change the channel on flood preparedness.” 

This program is being funded by the Federal Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund, the Alberta Community Resilience Program and the Town of Drumheller. These funds are aimed to help Canadian communities mitigate future flooding disasters and supports the design and construction of projects that protect critical infrastructure from flooding and drought and to help ensure public safety.