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Drumheller Mail takes Ice Bucket Challenge

Barb Coney, left, and Ossie Sheddy, right, of The Drumheller Mail/InSide Drumheller take on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

 

A number of The Drumheller Mail staff took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Friday afternoon.

The ALS Society has a goal of reaching three million dollars through its cool fundraiser that has taken off like wildfire over the past few weeks, with people taking part in the challenge posting their videos online.

The Drumheller Mail nominates Drumheller's Re/Max Realty, Hometown Realty, and Century 21 Power Realty to take the Ice Bucket Challenge.

ALS, short for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and also known as Lou Gherig's Disease, is a neruo-degenerative disease that claims the life 2 to 3 Canadians every day. ALS presently has no known cure or effective treatment. For every person diagnosed with ALS, a person living with ALS dies. Approximately 2,500 to 3,000 Canadians currently live with this fatal disease.


Man charged with Prairie Bible Institute sexual assaults in court



    A Three Hills man facing police charges of sexual assault at the Prairie Bible Institute made his first court appearance August 22.
    Thirty-three year old Renie Gall of Three Hills, presently in custody, appeared via closed-circuit television in Drumheller Provincial Court Friday.
    Drumheller’s Hugh Sommerville, acting for defense counsel Patrick Penny of Red Deer, waived reading of the charges, and asked for the matter to be scheduled in September, at which time Mr. Gall would appear in person.
    Crown prosecutor Ron Pedersen’s request for a publication ban was granted by Judge L.R. Grieve.
    The publication ban applies to the identity of the complainants and witnesses in the case.
    The case returns to Drumheller provincial court September 3 at 9:00 a.m.
    Gall faces charges from allegations of break and enter and sexual assault after the student dormitories of Three Hills’ Prairie Bible Institute were broken into and several students were sexually assaulted in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 17.

RCMP investigated a report of a local marijuana grow op

RCMP photos show the rural area where they seized and cut down 100 plants Wednesday, August 20.

RCMP investigated a report of a marijuana grow op in a rural area in the Drumheller valley, and found 111 plants Wednesday.

The area searched on August 20 by RCMP included Crown land as well as private property, and police made inquiries of residents living in the area, but made no arrests or charges.

 


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