Sundre News

At age 92, Sundre resident and veteran Agnes Carlson still gets emotional when talking about her experience in the Second World War. She worked as a Wren (a member of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service) in Sydney, N.S.

Sundre and area residents are raising money to help those in need through a Facebook auction page called “Neighbours helping Neighbours”.

Sundre's own Dr. Hal Irvine has been presented with Alberta's Family Physician of the Year award “I feel very honoured and privileged. I never really expected I would ever get an honour like this, so it's very special to me.

Pat Toone may not be a member of Sundre's municipal council anymore, but she plans to continue to be active in the community. Toone decided not to seek re-election in the 2013 election held Oct. 21.

About 25 nurses with United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) walked through town wearing white on Oct. 22 to raise awareness about nurses losing their jobs across Alberta.

Misinformation spread through social media about an alleged attempted abduction that Sundre RCMP officers found to be untrue caused chaos in town last week. People were even accusing others of being a suspect who was found to be non-existent.

Flood mitigation project moving forward Town officials have been given the go-ahead to conduct preliminary engineering and cost benefit assessments for a proposed flood mitigation project grant application.

Sixteen-year-old Daniel Anderson of Sundre recently won a provincial award for his passion of playing the bagpipes.

Several small businesses in Sundre were recognized at the second annual small business dinner event, on the evening of Oct. 22 at the Sundre Legion.

The driver of a motorhome involved in a head-on collision with a semi truck near Sundre on Oct. 3 remains in hospital, as of Friday.