Sundre News

Following a request for additional information in consideration of whether to provide a donation to the Sundre Hospital Futures Committee in lieu of waiving the rental fee, council last week settled on the latter.

Council awarded a construction contract during a special meeting last week, for not only the repaving of a portion of Main Avenue but also upgrades to underground infrastructure.

A delegation of Sundre Daycare and Valley Kids Out of School Care board members recently presented council with some background on the non-profit organization.

The Sundre RCMP’s acting commander recently provided council with an update on the first quarter of the detachment’s annual performance plan.

After about a year since starting the effort to get off the ground, members of the revived Sundre Citizens on Patrol Association (SCOPA) have recently begun patrols.

Alberta Association of Optometrists Last year, only 28 per cent of Alberta children under the age of six received an eye exam before starting school, despite the fact that an estimated one in four school-aged children have a vision problem significan

Jaylyn Simpson, from Sundre, recently takes a look at the night sky through a Williams optics refractor. She was among a handful of people who came out for the first stargazing session.

Two ongoing court cases were recently adjourned until September and December.

Construction crews have recently completed an expansion of the regional walking path as well as the final lift of asphalt on Centre Street North, and a section of Main Avenue West is soon expected to be underway.

More than half a century ago, a group of dedicated women lobbying Mountain View County for the construction of a hospital in Sundre were not about to take no for an answer.