Sundre News

Every year, RCMP detachments are required to update an annual performance plan that outlines four main objectives with initiatives catered specifically to trends within the municipality the department serves. Sgt.

There are many reasons why local volunteers such as Jean Hague enjoy investing their time back in the community. "This is what keeps me young," she recently told the Round Up.

Following extensive community consultations to improve pedestrian safety in Sundre's downtown core while maintaining a steady flow of traffic, Alberta Transportation will soon be rolling out a pilot project approved by council last April.

Sundre-area resident Rob Holland was perusing the many titles available at the Sundre Municipal Library last week during the annual Big Book Sale when a non-fiction book by Ernest Shackleton called The Polar Journeys caught his eye, prompting him to purchase the tales of the Antarctic explorer's adventures. The sale, which raises funds to support the local library, continues until the end of the month.

Following the 2015 collapse in the price of oil, attendance at the Sundre Fish and Game Association's annual banquet and awards night — while still well supported — dipped.

The Miss Rodeo Sundre 2017 Fashion Show held Saturday at the arts centre experienced its largest turnout in years.

A Sundre councillor wanted to know what benefits broadband infrastructure, which offers the fastest possible access to the Internet, would offer him as well as other residents who do not see a need for it.

Town of Sundre residents and businesses within the municipality's corporate limits will soon be given the opportunity to provide feedback regarding what direction the municipality should take in its effort to modernize access to the Internet.

Taxes can be intimidating at the best of times and outright stressful at the worst of times, and commercial options are not always readily available or affordable for people on a tight budget.

Sundre's new top administrator told the Round Up she was not just looking for a new job when she applied for the position.