Sundre News

Sundre volunteers have been coming together in the hopes of creating a connected atmosphere in the community to ultimately prevent suicide.

A break and enter took place at Dougan's Service, located on Highway 27, on the east side of Sundre, late last month. Sometime during the evening of Feb. 23 or in the morning of Feb.

Town officials are working to place at least one disabled parking stall in the downtown area. To start, a single stall is going to be placed on the north side of the back alley entering and exiting Centre Street North.

The Sundre Brownies raised more than $9,000 over the last month to support children with cancer.

Thirteen teams from surrounding areas registered to participate in the 8th annual Swing for Charity over the weekend. Enthusiastic teammates played baseball in the snow and were dressed according to this year's theme ìcall of the wildî.

A children's choir from Uganda performed in Sundre on Feb. 17. Held at the McDougal Chapel, 33 people sang, danced and shared their stories with a full crowd.

A Facebook page was created late last month to express concerns about the possible closure of the road adjacent to Sundre High School.

The Sundre museum's 6th annual Winterfest featured a world-class ice sculpture artist. On Feb. 16 and 17, Julian Lee from Calgary carved sculptures out of ice blocks on the museum grounds.

The Town of Sundre will provide financial support for the upcoming provincial hockey tournament being hosted in town.

Town officials discussed increasing arena fees, effective next year, for local and non-local youth and adults, during the governance meeting on Feb. 11.