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Main Avenue pilot project one step closer

Main Avenue pilot project one step closer

The Main Avenue pilot project to temporarily trial a redesign to improve pedestrian safety while maintaining a steady flow of traffic is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Minor soccer kicks off

Minor soccer kicks off

The Sundre minor soccer U-6 team purple and team red players scrimmage during a practice next to Sundre High School on Tuesday, April 12.
Recognition of service award

Recognition of service award

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.
Play ball!

Play ball!

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.
Alberta Health Services official presents council with data on Sundre hospital

Alberta Health Services official presents council with data on Sundre hospital

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.
Local man again taking part in Battlefield Bike Run

Local man again taking part in Battlefield Bike Run

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).
National pipelines needed to open access to international markets

National pipelines needed to open access to international markets

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.
Resignation leads town officials to start byelection process

Resignation leads town officials to start byelection process

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.
Golf season off to a great start

Golf season off to a great start

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.
Sundre father and son charged over arson of their own Calgary-based business

Sundre father and son charged over arson of their own Calgary-based business

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.
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