Tax deadline pushed back
Residents of Drayton Valley and Brazeau County will have a little extra time to pay their property taxes this year.
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June 6, 2023
Woman watches as business burns
“Thursday early afternoon I was in Evansburg picking up some supplies and saw the Evansburg fire start up again,” she said in an email. “The wind was crazy strong. I saw the smoke again with the Parkland fire and started to organize our personal items better.”
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May 13, 2023
Students pitch gym idea
Does Drayton Valley need an indoor gymnasium? Three students from Drayton Christian School think so, and made their case to town council.
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April 10, 2023
The keeper of the Keystone legacy
Historian Allan Goddard is a long time educator of Breton's unique history. Breton museum, Keystone Alberta, black migration.
February 25, 2023
Library celebrates literacy
The Drayton Valley Municipal Library hosted a workshop for preschoolers to celebrate Family Literacy Day. The goal of the event was to expose young people to literacy in various languages, with different stations set up to teach attendees about different aspects of heritage and literacy.
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February 7, 2023
Change for shelter pods
Drayton Valley’s shelter pods are under new management. The two pods will now both be overseen by the Humans Helping Humans Housing Foundation.
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January 17, 2023
Volunteer work recognized
Three volunteers with Brazeau Regional Search and Rescue were recognized for their service just before Christmas.
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January 9, 2023
Sandy and Gord Hamilton at the 2021 annual Food Drive.
Busy times for food bank
Now that those payments have stopped, there has been a significant upswing in hampers needed again. “Year to date in 2022, we are up 26.2 percent on people served compared to 2021,” he says.
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December 7, 2022
Disc golf expansion proposed
The disc golf course in Ivan To Park may soon be growing. On Wednesday town council heard a proposal that would see the course double in size to 18 holes.
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November 16, 2022
Addictions centre coming soon
Opportunity Home will offer a 90-day program aimed at providing a safe and clean place for people to go through recovery from addictions and prepare for reintroduction into society.
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November 16, 2022