Pat Kolafa

Over 30 teams from across Canada, the United States and as far away as Mexico descended on the valley on August 7-10 for the 9th annual Mars Rover Challenge. The Badlands Community Facility was chock-a-block with laptops, wires, all-terrain rovers, and some of the brightest minds in robotics. Throughout the valley, the teams took on various challenges to test the utility and durability of their creations.

This weekend, the dust will be flying as the Drumheller Lions and Rugged Rodeo Inc. will be presenting the second annual Drumheller Stampede. Last year they hosted the first event, and it was mud flying as opposed to dust. Despite the weather, they pulled off the event, and more importantly, showed that Drumheller is a rodeo town. This year they scheduled the event for August 14 and 15 in hopes of clear skies.

A local car enthusiast is taking a leading role at the annual Alberta World of Wheels. Darrell Kohut is known for building and maintaining some of the cleanest cars in the valley. He is also a long-time participant and volunteer for World of Wheels. Darrell has been selected as the 2027 Show Chairman. “I have been a volunteer with the show for five years,” he explains. “The team has a great group of volunteers already.