Sundre News

If all goes according to TransCanada's plans, a new natural gas pipeline could be in the ground just east of Sundre by the end of the year, council heard last week.

A completed audit of the Town of Sundre's 2016 financial statements did not raise any red flags.

Local and regional pilots as well as airplane enthusiasts could not have asked for more suitable weather during the annual Mother's Day Fly In Breakfast.

One single ill-advised decision as a motorist can have a disastrously detrimental ripple affect that can irreversibly damage many people's lives.

Following indecision regarding whether to increase the municipality's commercial and residential mill rates, Sundre's council decided during last week's regular meeting to table the matter.

After a successful second run for the Explore Sundre Adventure and Home Expo, an organizer is optimistic the event could become a staple in the community.

Sundre businesses and residents will see the mill rate charged by the municipality increased by 2.9 per cent. However, owners of vacant commercial properties will see the mill rate drop down to 11.752.

Although the crowd attending the public consultation regarding the potential pursuit for municipally owned broadband Internet infrastructure was not necessarily large, those who attended came well prepared with plenty of pertinent questions.

There was an overwhelming sense of sorrow and loss recently at the offices of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Prairies to Peaks.

Dean Hass, a lieutenant with the Sundre Fire Department, inspects a damaged vehicle that was involved in a fender-bender along Centre Street just north of River Valley School on Tuesday, May 2. Although a little shaken up, the vehicle's occupents were otherwise unharmed, but an ambulance was nevertheless dispatched as a precaution while other members of the fire department controlled traffic as responders cleaned up the scene.