Sundre News

Contractor John Caddy was busy last week repainting lines on Sundre’s roads, including the Centre Street North and Sixth Avenue NE intersection pedestrian crosswalk.

Sundre is now home to a small piece of Juno Beach.

Sundre’s businesses are struggling to survive through the winter and can no longer depend on a few peak season spring and summer months to get by, council heard last week.

Every spring and summer, tens of thousands of people drive through Sundre on their way to enjoy a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities in the West Country.

The skies might have been grey, but the fairways were green and attitudes remained bright and positive during the second annual Wade Konschuh Memorial Golf Tournament.

More than four years after the Sundre and District Aquatic Society’s request to turn operations of the Aquaplex over to the municipality was declined, the board has brought the issue back before council.

Although a new reduced minimum wage for student workers comes into force later this month month, local businesses in Sundre do not all plan to immediately roll back hourly rates for their young employees.

The Sundre and District Aquatic Society’s president and treasurer were not particularly enthused or inspired by council’s reaction to the board’s request to enter negotiations to transfer the indoor pool’s operations over to the municipality.

Members of the Sundre and Bergen 4-H Multi clubs had the opportunity last week to showcase a year’s worth of effort they had invested in their projects.

In recognition of reaching the 10th anniversary milestone, organizers of the Cooking for Kindness luncheon decided to wrap up another successful season by building bridges between generations.