Sundre News

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.

The A&W restaurant in Sundre was recently broken into and a small sum of cash was stolen, according to RCMP officers. The incident took place at approximately 2 a.m. on Oct. 29.

During a recent capital planning session, Sundre council voted to consider during upcoming budget deliberations spending $200,000 in 2015 to supply gas to the east side of town.

Sundre firefighters say there is a need for a training facility in Sundre to conduct weekly training exercises so they don't have to go to Olds.

Laura Coward will be back in court next month following a brief appearance in front of a Didsbury provincial court judge on Nov. 3.

Emergency communications system upgrade considered During a recent capital planning session, Sundre council voted to consider spending $60,000 in 2015 to acquire a new radio system for emergency responders, during upcoming budget deliberations.

Ninety-one-year-old Sundre resident and veteran Victor Loreth considers himself one of the lucky ones who experienced the Second World War. He grew up on a farm in Raymore, Sask.