Sundre News

Editorial If the great southern Alberta floods of June 2013 showed anything it is that natural disasters can strike without warning and when they do, nobody is completely safe from the carnage that can result.

The Sundre Art Society sold 24 paintings at its 39th annual art show and sale on Saturday and Sunday at the West Country Centre.

Sundre council will not be providing a wastewater rate concession to the owner of Pro-Water Conditioning, after he requested a reduced rate because of a nearly 23 per cent hike in prices.

Sundre's own 24-year-old Corey Norman is being recognized for his talent after singing and writing country songs for nearly eight years. He is a proud winner of the 2014 96.5 CKFM Star Search competition held earlier this month.

A Sundre woman charged after a Calgary woman was attacked and severely injured by two pit bulls in a Sundre trailer park in August 2012 will go to trial next month, an Alberta Justice official said Friday.

Members of the Sundre Skate Park Society are currently seeking companies to design drawings for Phase 2 of the park, and are hoping to have it completed this spring.

The Scouts Canada program in Sundre has been successful for its first year, after returning to the community in the fall from a hiatus of numerous years.

Members of the Sundre Fire Department are going to be better prepared for future flooding now that the provincial government has granted their request to provide funding for a riverboat.

Town officials are trying to rally federal support to spend grant money targeted for fish habitat replacement on flood protection instead.

The average graduation rate over the last three years at Sundre High School (SHS) is 91 per cent, which is the highest to date, according to principal Jason Drent.