Sundre News

Sundre residents are encouraged to be Snow Angels this winter and shovel their neighbours' sidewalks.

Many people shopped this year's annual Sundre Christmas Farmers Market while listening to live music at the community centre on Sunday.

When he's not busy with work or his three children, Sundre's own Brad Webb enjoys diving across a field shooting paintballs travelling as fast as 300 feet per second at people. But it's not your average game of paintball.

A nearly $1.5-million multi-phase upgrade to the foundation of 10th Street SW is expected to begin next year.

Pedestrian safety was the most common concern brought up by residents who recently provided feedback on a Main Avenue pilot project.

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle was one of two Wildrose MLAs who bolted yesterday (Nov. 24) from the provincial official Opposition to the governing Progressive Conservative Party.

The Sundre Museum has become a sleepover destination for Scouts Canada groups across Central Alberta. It started two years ago when a Cub leader from Caroline asked museum manager Darlene Smee about having a Cub group sleepover at the museum.

After more than two years without a sergeant, the Sundre RCMP detachment has filled the position. Sundre RCMP Sgt. Jim Lank comes to Sundre with 27 years of service with the RCMP, and it's not his first time serving the community.

The Sundre Museum wouldn't operate without its volunteers – all 100 of them – according to museum manager Darlene Smee. “Without my volunteers I would get nothing done,” said Smee.

In upcoming budget discussions, council will debate spending $25,000 in 2015 to move the recycling facility to a new location, which has not yet been determined.