Sundre News

Dad Todd and mom Carolyn Gleeson walked their son Andre to school for his first day of kindergarten on Tuesday, Sept. 3. The rain did not seem to dampen Andre's spirits in the slightest, as he was all smiles.

Emergency crews responded on Wednesday, Sept. 5 to a fatal single-vehicle rollover south of Sundre on Highway 760 just east of the intersection with Twp. Rd. 320 near the former Bergen Store.

Council has agreed to schedule a weekend workshop in October to discuss the municipality’s budget. “Department managers are working on business plans,” said Chris Albert, director of corporate services, during the Aug.

Motorists who ignore traffic laws and come to a dead stop to turn left across double solid yellow lines on Main Avenue — by extension often creating behind them a backup of vehicles — might expect to be fined.

Following a request for additional information in consideration of whether to provide a donation to the Sundre Hospital Futures Committee in lieu of waiving the rental fee, council last week settled on the latter.

Council awarded a construction contract during a special meeting last week, for not only the repaving of a portion of Main Avenue but also upgrades to underground infrastructure.

A delegation of Sundre Daycare and Valley Kids Out of School Care board members recently presented council with some background on the non-profit organization.

The Sundre RCMP’s acting commander recently provided council with an update on the first quarter of the detachment’s annual performance plan.

After about a year since starting the effort to get off the ground, members of the revived Sundre Citizens on Patrol Association (SCOPA) have recently begun patrols.

Alberta Association of Optometrists Last year, only 28 per cent of Alberta children under the age of six received an eye exam before starting school, despite the fact that an estimated one in four school-aged children have a vision problem significan