Sundre News

Although some pipeline critics claim now is not the time to build new infrastructure because of the extended low price of oil, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers takes a different perspective.

Plans don't always work out as originally hoped. Former Sundre councillor Jodi Orr, who recently submitted her resignation, had wanted to complete her term on council before relocating east of town.

Left: Sundre resident Perry Vardas tees off at the Sundre Golf Course during its opening day of the season on Friday, April 1. He and the group he came out with could not have asked for better weather. The course opened about two weeks earlier than last year, which had also been an earlier-than-average start to the season. Right: Joe Lukas hits a ball on the driving range at Coyote Creek Golf Course on Thursday, April 7.

A Calgary Police Service detective told the Round Up he quickly suspected arson was the cause of a fire that destroyed one business and threatened several others in the city.

Life has an unpleasant tendency to throw a life-altering curveball once in a while. When it throws several of them at once, it can leave a person feeling helpless and searching for reason.

Following on last year's successful creation of a new natural path on Snake Hill, volunteer members of the Sundre Bike n' Ski Club recently sought permission from council to establish another trail.

A missing quadriplegic male was located west of Sundre last week. Walter Lungal, 57, had last been seen leaving his Eckville residence on Wednesday, April 13 driving a Silver Buick Terraza.

BEISEKER ó Beiseker RCMP are currently seeking public assistance to locate 47-year-old Michael Robert Mullock. He was reported missing by his family on Monday, April 11. He was last seen by his family near the family home in Acme on Friday, March 25.

Inuit author Michael Kusugak spoke to River Valley School students on Thursday, March 31. The Grade 2 curriculum studies different communities in Canada, including the Arctic. Kusugak has been coming since he lived in Water Valley about 20 years ago. He is an Inuit author from Rankin Inlet now living on Vancouver Island. His storytelling career began following an encounter with Robert Munsch, who encouraged him to tell his stories.

Ways to pressure the government and Alberta Health Services to reverse the plan to decommission 15 long-term care beds at the Sundre hospital were recently discussed.