Sundre News

Young teenage students at River Valley School have opted to be part of the process to decide the future of Sundre's pocket parks.

There is a new board for the 2012/13 season at the Sundre and District Aqua Plex. The new president is 53-year-old Tamara Smith, who arrived in town four years ago from Olds.

As Miss Rodeo Canada Arleta Bowhay must be a smooth and skilled ambassador no matter what the circumstance. In fact, she was even called upon to swim with crocodiles.

We Day celebrates the youth movement for local and global change. On Oct. 24, 20 students were picked from River Valley School's Me To We club to go to an inspirational concert in Calgary and listen to people speaking about making a difference.

For the first time since 2005 a committee of citizens at large will be created to review the pay structures for members of town council. On Oct. 15, council members were asked to look at a motion to review the revised council remuneration policy.

The Sundre Minor Hockey Association (SMHA) is going one step further in ensuring its young hockey players have a healthier lifestyle.

After 14 years of determined hard work, Shell Canada's Sundre and area employees have hit the coveted $1 million fundraising mark for the United Way of Central Alberta.

East side residents are now facing a perplexing financing problem for the new multi-million dollar water and waste water line service. The long-awaited lines across the river and running down 7th Street are installed and operational.

Angry citizens packed town hall on Oct. 15 and forced council to back down on a plan to immediately sell off six of the municipality's 14 parks.

A local man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death in connection to the fatal single-vehicle crash north of Sundre early last summer. On Oct.