Sundre News

Following extensive community consultations to improve pedestrian safety in Sundre's downtown core while maintaining a steady flow of traffic, Alberta Transportation will soon be rolling out a pilot project approved by council last April.

Sundre-area resident Rob Holland was perusing the many titles available at the Sundre Municipal Library last week during the annual Big Book Sale when a non-fiction book by Ernest Shackleton called The Polar Journeys caught his eye, prompting him to purchase the tales of the Antarctic explorer's adventures. The sale, which raises funds to support the local library, continues until the end of the month.

Following the 2015 collapse in the price of oil, attendance at the Sundre Fish and Game Association's annual banquet and awards night — while still well supported — dipped.

The Miss Rodeo Sundre 2017 Fashion Show held Saturday at the arts centre experienced its largest turnout in years.

A Sundre councillor wanted to know what benefits broadband infrastructure, which offers the fastest possible access to the Internet, would offer him as well as other residents who do not see a need for it.

Town of Sundre residents and businesses within the municipality's corporate limits will soon be given the opportunity to provide feedback regarding what direction the municipality should take in its effort to modernize access to the Internet.

Taxes can be intimidating at the best of times and outright stressful at the worst of times, and commercial options are not always readily available or affordable for people on a tight budget.

Sundre's new top administrator told the Round Up she was not just looking for a new job when she applied for the position.

Positioned atop a hill boasting a commanding view of the ground below, the Sundre and District Cemetery's site is not altogether dissimilar to Vimy Ridge, the local legion's comrade chaplain said Sunday during a remembrance service marking 100 years

Running for a title like Miss Rodeo Sundre is a goal both the 2017 contestants have aspired to achieve since they were little.