On February 28th, 2025 at approximately 5:30 a.m., Drumheller RCMP officers were dispatched to an alarm call at Tech-Rex Canada located at 50 3 Ave West in Drumheller. Responding officers and property representatives discovered that a “smash and grab” Break and Enter occurred. It was further discovered that suspects entered from the rear of the business. Significant property damage occurred and several items including various brands of cell phones were stolen from the business. Officers continue to investigate this crime.

RCMP investigators are seeking witnesses to this crime and asking for the public’s assistance. If you have any information regarding this matter please contact Drumheller RCMP at 403.823.2630 or contact your local Police Service. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the "P3 Tips" app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.

Ducks Unlimited has completed a $1.5 million wetland restoration in the County of Starland.
The Mail reported in December of last year the province announced it would be investing $ 5 million to restore more Alberta wetlands. In that funding, over $1.5 million is slated for a project in Starland County.
The funds were awarded through the Alberta Wetland Replacement Program, and it will go towards helping three Alberta municipalities as well as two non-profit agencies to construct or restore seven projects. These cover more than 165 hectares of wetlands.
Darwin Chambers, of Ducks Unlimited, tells the Mail the project is complete.
“It is through the Wetland Replacement program, we were able to take on an opportunity within the county and worked with the land owners to restore the large wetland,” he said.
He explains the wetland on private property had historically been drained, possibly decades ago, and a ditch was installed. They connected with the landowner and worked with them to put an engineered structure, or a wetland ditch plug. This plug will restore the habitat by not allowing water to drain from the wetland anymore.
“So when and if Mother Nature turns on the tap again and the hydrology of the habitat can be restored,” he said.
The project is on private property and he did not identify the location, with the exception to say northeast of Drumheller. According to the Government of Alberta release, the wetland encompasses 73.05 hectares of wetland.
The project was completed by Christmas.
“What we will do is monitor the basin for the establishment of wetland vegetation for the next four years,” said Chambers.
He said projects of this kind can either be identified by the owners, or by Ducks Unlimited.
“There are two avenues that opportunities can be unearthed; one is landowners coming to us if they identify the opportunity and we figure we can help them out. We more often than not are more proactive, which means we do a little bit of targeting… where we will scour satellite imagery and ariel imagery of the province looking for these kinds of opportunities and when we find them we will engage with the landowner and let them know what they have and what we can do. If they are on board we’ll take it from there,” said Chambers.