Sundre News

Several heated debates occurred during a Sundre municipal candidate election forum on Oct. 10, with each of the nine candidates put on the hot seat at least once.

A disagreement between Town of Sundre council and Mountain View County council on water and wastewater servicing has sparked mediation. Town officials feel the county owes more than what it offered for Sundre's east side servicing project.

After an eight-month-long process, the Town of Sundre's Municipal Development Plan (MDP) has been adopted. Council passed second and third readings during the council meeting on Sept.

Two teachers from River Valley School (RVS) packed their bags and went on a humanitarian tour to Kenya for two weeks in July, along with 23 others from Central Alberta. Nicola Smith, one of the teachers, said the experience was overwhelming.

A group of area residents is looking to give Sundre High School (SHS) students work experience with seniors in the community performing duties their elders are unable to.

Greenwood Neighbourhood Place is hosting a walking program for seniors funded through a grant from Alberta Health Services (AHS) Injury Prevention and Safety.

A Calgary man was taken to hospital after a two-vehicle head-on collision on Highway 27, about one mile east of town on Oct. 3.

The exact cause of the fire at Sundre Contracting Co. on May 19 has been narrowed down to one of the trucks parked on the lot at the time.

A man drove away from Race Trac Gas on Main Avenue last week with a gas nozzle still in his vehicle's gas tank. Members of the Sundre fire department were called to the gas station at about 3:30 p.m. last Wednesday.

The decision on how to get Sundre arena operations out of debt, if at all, is being left up to the next council that will be elected Oct. 21. During the regular meeting on Sept.