Sundre News

Sometimes no news is good news. Town council heard from the Sundre Fire Department's deputy chief Kevin Gamble during its Nov. 23 meeting that the total number of calls this year was about on par with previous years.

A young bull moose easily hops over a fence about five kilometres south of Sundre near Bergen earlier this fall before the snow started to come down.

The annual Christmas market was held on Sunday, Nov. 15 at the Sundre Community Centre, which was packed with vendors offering a wide variety of goods with the holidays around the corner. The next and final market takes place Sunday, Dec. 6 at the community centre.

For many people, Christmas is a time to give, but for some people, it provides an opportunity to steal.

The Sundre Regional Recreation Advisory Committee is no more — at least for the time being. Council discussed at its Nov. 9 meeting the committee's decision in October to be dissolved.

A Sundre volunteer firefighter who was recently presented with a 20-year service award has known since he was little that he'd pursue a path in firefighting.

The annual Sundown in Sundre event serves as an incentive for residents to shop locally while at the same time providing the community with an opportunity to celebrate the season, said an organizer.

A lengthy discussion followed a lightly attended public presentation about the Town of Sundre's draft Vision 2030.

Imagining that slavery no longer exists in a time when it has long since been declared illegal would be pleasant, yet there are more slaves today than ever before.

In the wake of a single vehicle collision that claimed the life of a 15-year-old Sundre boy, RCMP officers are stressing the importance of wearing seatbelts.