Sundre News

Alberta Occupational Health and Safety officials are investigating a worksite incident in Sundre. On Friday, Oct. 13 at about 5 p.m., a Kubota skid steer struck a construction worker involved with the Centre Street North project.

Sundre's new council has several fresh faces onboard following an election that came down to the wire. Voters throughout the day cast their ballots at the municipal office until the poll closed at 8 p.m.

Sundre High School student Julian van den Hadelkamp competes in a cross country zones meet at Snake Hill in Sundre on Wednesday, Oct. 11. Hadelkamp went on to qualify for provincials in Edmonton.

James Albert Dixon Edwards plucks a chicken as a couple of curious onlookers, Cole and Aven Marr, learn how the animals are prepared during a Thanksgiving event held at the Sundre Pioneer Museum on Saturday, Oct. 7.

Frank Crouch, Sundre's fire prevention officer, demonstrates to the First Sundre Colony Beavers last Wednesday, Oct. 11 how to safely use a fire extinguisher during Fire Prevention Week activities hosted at the local fire hall.

Kim Free casts a ballot in Sundre's municipal election earlier this morning at the town office. Polls remain open until this evening at 8 p.m.

River Valley School Grade 8 student Kaiden Vennard serves during a recent volleyball practice. Coach Sonja Logan told the Round Up the season to date has gone well, and that the boys have worked hard.

Sundre High School student Deshann Valentine runs along Snake Hill during the senior girls' heat at a cross-country meet in Sundre on Oct. 4. Valentine finished first in her heat.

As we watch the devastation down south of us that the hurricanes have caused, something so simple as a bottle of water is hard to come by when everything we take for granted shuts down.

Provided the weather does not proverbially throw any wrenches into the gears, the Centre Street North project's first phase is on track to be completed before the end of October.