Sundre News

Mountain View Seniors' Housing (MVSH) officials will find out in a few weeks if they were successful in their bid for grant funding to build a new facility in Sundre.

A scholarship has been created in memory of Stephen Carrier, a local teen who passed away suddenly in January. His family thought of the idea as a way for Carrier to always be remembered in the community.

Students from River Valley School (RVS) are collecting pennies for less fortunate people in developing countries. The fundraiser began last month and is running until April when the pennies will be donated to Free the Children.

Marty Mennear was elected the new president of the Sundre & District Chamber of Commerce during the organization's annual general meeting last Tuesday, March 12.

A 23-year-old Olds man is charged with first-degree murder in relation to the death of an Airdrie man in January. Dustin Piper was arrested without incident in Didsbury on March 16, police said.

The Chinook's Edge School Division's board of education will be raising in-town busing fees by $20 this year to $130 for the 2013/2014 school year.

Sundre volunteers have been coming together in the hopes of creating a connected atmosphere in the community to ultimately prevent suicide.

A break and enter took place at Dougan's Service, located on Highway 27, on the east side of Sundre, late last month. Sometime during the evening of Feb. 23 or in the morning of Feb.

Town officials are working to place at least one disabled parking stall in the downtown area. To start, a single stall is going to be placed on the north side of the back alley entering and exiting Centre Street North.

The Sundre Brownies raised more than $9,000 over the last month to support children with cancer.