Sundre News

Work at the site of the future medicinal cannabis production facility in Sundre has been getting underway recently.

A couple of Municipal Affairs accountability advisors observed last week’s council meeting.

The Sundre Pioneer Village Museum is hosting an exhibit that offers a glimpse into Canada’s relatively brief but substantial military history.

Phil Hambrook captured this image of a loon with a couple of chicks in tow wading along the surface of Burnstick Lake on June 20. The Round Up continues to welcome submissions for Scenes of Sundre.

Sundre resident Henry Schuurman was fishing along the west bank of the Red Deer River recently behind his home near the hospital when he observed a beaver wading onto the shore and decided to capture this picture.

Logan Donnelly, 13, from Sundre, caught three fish last week — a brook trout as well as two bull trout — in about 15 minutes during a catch and release fly fishing lesson at the Bearberry Creek that was facilitated by Greenwood Neighbourhood Place.

While the Canada Day long weekend was largely safe without any reports of serious incidents, the Sundre RCMP detachment’s corporal wants to remind parents to ensure children are donning helmets before going for bike rides.

The Sundre Fire Rescue Society will not be hosting the 26th annual ATV Poker Run. “We’re not going to be able to do it anymore,” said fire Chief Marty Butts. “I’m sad to say that after 25 years we’re going to call her quits.

A core of volunteers who last year worked to bring Sundre back into the Communities in Bloom program remain committed to their efforts with plans to compete on the provincial stage this summer.

The Sundre Fire Department and RCMP detachment reported quite the quiet Canada Day long weekend. “We didn’t have really any major calls at all,” said fire Chief Marty Butts, adding members responded to just a few calls over the long weekend.