On Good Friday, March 25, Geoff Bourrie will be cutting his hair off, for the first time since the year 2000. Jamie Worman will be the barber and this good deed is to help raise funds for Drumheller resident, Brandon Hall, who needs cancer surgery on his lungs and abdomen. The surgery will be performed in the USA and Bourrie hopes to raise $2,500 for expenses that the family will incur. On the same day, Worman, will get a tattoo by Bourrie, with the specially designed fight cancer logo.
Drayton Valley RCMP along with Breton and Drumheller RCMP are looking for the public's assistance in locating missing 23 year old Kelsey KRAMER. KRAMER was last seen in Drumheller on Saturday March 19th, 2016 and was believed to be heading back to Drayton Valley. KRAMER was driving a green 2006 Ford Freestyle at the time of her disappearance. KRAMER is believed to have gone missing in the Breton/Drayton Valley area.
Kelsey is described as approximately 5 foot 5 (165cm) and 140lbs (64kg) with blue eyes and light brown hair.
If you have specific information regarding the whereabouts of Kelsey KRAMER please contact Drayton Valley RCMP at (780) 234-6527.
Drumheller is joining the Mayor’s Caucus of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) to advocate on the province’s decision to not reinstate the Grants in Lieu of Tax’s (GILT) for social housing.
The Mayor’s caucus met in Edmonton earlier this month and expressed frustration in the Minister of Seniors and Housing Lori Sigurdson’s statement that they would not be restoring the program. Province wide, this amounts to $15 million not granted to municipalities. In Drumheller this amounts to about $55,000.
In a statement from AUMA, “The province’s decision is particularly disappointing given AUMA’s extensive advocacy through our news release following Budget 2015 and our numerous meetings and correspondence with the ministry over the fall and winter period. Despite this advocacy by AUMA and letters from several municipalities to the Minister, it is clear that the government does not understand the impact of this downloading of costs.”
It further states that while AUMA would continue to advocate, it urges its municipalities to take action at the local level.
Drumheller Council has drafted a letter to Minister Sigurdson in support of maintaining the Grant in Lieu of Taxes Program for Public Housing projects.
“This downloading of costs on municipalities is not appropriate. These properties receive municipal services like every other property in Drumheller, and as the key property owner, the Government of Alberta should be responsible for paying the same taxes that all other property owners pay in order for this essential infrastructure and services to be provided,” states its letter.
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