Sundre News

Late last month at the Sundre constituency office Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre MLA Jason Nixon presented Murray Bates with a Long Service Medal and an Emergency Services medal. The awards were in recognition of the decades of service Bates provided as a Fish and Wildlife officer as well as a community peace officer. In the mid-90s, he saved several people from a boating accident on the South Saskatchewan River, but only regretted not being able to save the whole group.

Colby Phillips, left, and Josiah Botheras throw balls to their partners during a Sundre Minor Ball Mosquitos U-11 team practice at the ball diamonds next to Snake Hill on Tuesday, April 12.

An Alberta Health Services representative recently presented town officials with data that paints a clearer picture on the services provided by the Sundre Hospital and Care Centre.

In June, a local man will once again be travelling to Europe to take part in a unique event to support veterans coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Although some pipeline critics claim now is not the time to build new infrastructure because of the extended low price of oil, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers takes a different perspective.

Plans don't always work out as originally hoped. Former Sundre councillor Jodi Orr, who recently submitted her resignation, had wanted to complete her term on council before relocating east of town.

Left: Sundre resident Perry Vardas tees off at the Sundre Golf Course during its opening day of the season on Friday, April 1. He and the group he came out with could not have asked for better weather. The course opened about two weeks earlier than last year, which had also been an earlier-than-average start to the season. Right: Joe Lukas hits a ball on the driving range at Coyote Creek Golf Course on Thursday, April 7.

A Calgary Police Service detective told the Round Up he quickly suspected arson was the cause of a fire that destroyed one business and threatened several others in the city.

Life has an unpleasant tendency to throw a life-altering curveball once in a while. When it throws several of them at once, it can leave a person feeling helpless and searching for reason.

Following on last year's successful creation of a new natural path on Snake Hill, volunteer members of the Sundre Bike n' Ski Club recently sought permission from council to establish another trail.