In partnership with the University of Alberta’s Community University Partnership (CUP) town council will be looking at different ways that Drayton Valley residents can work to generate local wealth for the community.
The Drayton Valley business community can now streamline trespassing enforcement with a new program, reducing court visits and empowering officers to issue notices on their behalf.
Drayton Valley RCMP see rising Mental Health Act arrests, straining resources. Mental health crisis intervention in Alberta needs improvement.
The Drayton Valley Community Bus Association, which has been a fixture in the area since the 1970s, has ceased operations.
As of December 20, Wild Rose School Division will be laying off 46 Educational Assistants due to the division not receiving the Jordan’s Principle grant from the Federal Government.
Local businesses in Drayton Valley, led by Erik Bergen of Drayton Valley Bakery, discuss concerns over homelessness, the impact of new franchises, and town services. Solutions are proposed for a future presentation to the town council.
Staff Sergeant Ryan Hoetmer says dealing with the effects of the homeless population in the community is not simple.
Drayton Valley high school students had the chance to listen to a first hand account of an indigenous woman whose life was drastically altered by the Sixties Scoop.
Now that the Eldorado Elementary School has been completely demolished, crews have started work on tearing down the old H.W. Pickup Junior High School.
Matalski says the Income Tax Program has volunteers in the community, who have received training provided by the Canada Revenue Agency, do the tax returns. She says people drop their information off at her office, and then a volunteer comes to get the information and files it.