Sundre News

Sundre is among numerous Alberta municipalities to recently receive flood mitigation and emergency preparedness funding from the provincial government.

A delegation urged council last week to take greater action to ensure negotiations for the recreation and culture funding agreement with Mountain View County are concluded post-haste.

Roof repairs approved Council approved a roughly $130,000 maintenance expense on two municipal facilities.

The Sundre Farmer’s Market will feature some new elements on just about a weekly basis, an organizer said. “Some neat things are coming onboard,” said Karen Campbell, adding plans are to include something unique as often as possible.

Phil Hambrook captured this picture of a fox searching for breakfast east of the Bergen Store during the Victoria Day long weekend. The Round Up continues to welcome submissions for Scenes of Sundre.

The Town of Sundre’s auditor identified no major red flags following a review of last year’s financial statements.

An organizer of the second annual Play 4 Sundre Kidz charity golf tournament sought council’s support for the event, which raises funds to help local youth get involved in a variety of sports they might otherwise not be able to afford to join.

A Sundre High School student is quickly becoming a Global Vision veteran. For the second time, Keyanna St.Dennis recently attended the organization’s National Youth Ambassador Caucus in Ottawa, which took place June 1-5.

Another deserving family’s wish was recently granted courtesy of a continuing partnership between Country Road RV and the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada.

Sundre and surrounding area residents who commute along Centre Street North can expect to see a construction crew complete the project's first phase later this summer.