Sundre News

Tougher drunk driving regulations welcome, says Sundre RCMP detachment commander By Dan Singleton Round Up staff Pull quote: “A lot of people maybe don't realize the affect alcohol can have on their driving” - Sgt. Percy Leipnitz.

River Valley students have a “BLAST” against tobacco By Dan Singleton Round Up staff With photo by Jennifer Cheung The eight River Valley students who attended the recent BLAST leadership conference in Sylvan Lake may soon be pushing for a no-smoking

Neighbour's Day 2012 moving to June By Dan Singleton Round Up staff With photo The 2012 Sundre Petroleum Operators Group (SPOG) Neighbour's Day open house will be held in June instead of September as in past years.

Bridge construction spring followup will include only minor delays, say officials By Shaun Harley, for the Round Up The Red Deer River Bridge was fully reopened to two-way traffic on November 11, 2011 following the completion of a new concrete deck o

Chamber asks council to consider centre funding change By Dan Singleton Round Up staff Pull quote: “Every year we seem to be getting more and more financially in trouble” - Sherry Tytkanych, chamber president.

The new canter line is lifted in to place

The old canter line is lifted out of a building at Sundre Forest Product's Sundre mill. The unit was installedin 1996 and has now been replaced with a brand new line.

Upgrades worth more than $10 million now underway at Sundre Forest Products mill west of town should help keep the massive facility competitive for years to come, says general manager Brian Balkwill.

Sundre firefighters and EMS personnel work to extract a woman from one of three vehicles involved in an accident on Highway 27 at Westward Ho on Friday morning.

Sundre town council has given the go-ahead for the fast-tracking of the initial preparation work to get underway on the Sundre skatepark project.