Sundre News

The 2018-19 Sundre High School Academic Awards Night was held on Friday, Sept. 27. More than 120 current and former students were honoured for their scholastic achievements from the 2018-19 school year.

Financial support from the municipality plays a pivotal role in helping to ensure the Sundre and District Museum remains an appealing asset that draws people from around the world.

Sundre scored a full five blooms in the annual provincial Communities in Bloom competition.

The terms of reference for an overarching committee that will play a lead role in developing a vision for Sundre was approved by council last week. Linda Nelson, the town's chief administrative officer, offered some background during the Sept.

The Sundre Community Garden remains popular and continues to grow. All of the 28 plots were again spoken for this season, split among 22 gardeners, said Renate de Bruijn, Greenwood Neighbourhood Place (GNP) community outreach coordinator.

Operators of residential addiction treatment centres, including the one operating west of Sundre, have until Nov. 1 to be licensed with the province under new legislation.

Students and staff from River Valley School and Sundre High School participated on Sept. 26 in the annual Terry Fox Run. Despite some drizzling rain, there were plenty of beaming smiles all around.

Local artist Dax Stringer took a blank, lifeless wall at the back of the Sundre Municipal Library and transformed it into a colourful canvas for creativity.

A crew from GrindStone Paving & Excavating, a subcontractor of UG Excavating, which the municipality awarded the Main Avenue West upgrade project to, was busy on Wednesday, Sept.

Council recently heard from Sundre’s operations manager that construction on the second phase of the multi-million-dollar Main Avenue West upgrade, which started last year , is progressing “on course and schedule.