Sundre News

Sundre Timbits Dynamite Husky Dysen Doolaege skates the puck up the ice during the team's annual tournament held on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 6-7. Eight teams, including the hosts, each played three games. The Huskies won their third game against Caroline. Sundre's hockey tournaments are well organized, which combined with available prizes draws out a lot of people, said coach Dallas Rosevear.

Representatives from an environmental consultation firm helping to prepare a FireSmart plan for Sundre recently presented their initial findings of the local wildfire risk potential.

Town council was recently presented with a report breaking down statistics on local businesses and residents.

Teens and young adults who are struggling to cope with life's curveballs but have no regular family doctor now have a local option. The Teen and Young Adult Clinic is available on a walk-in basis every Wednesday from 2:30 to 6 p.m.

With a dense fog coating the Sundre area, the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 10 was not a pleasant time to be out on the roads. Traffic on Highway 27 about a kilometre east of Sundre was temporarily rerouted by emergency responders at about 7:30 p.m.

A troubled past does not necessarily determine an individual's destiny. "You always write your own future," said Sundre resident Brent Walisser, who aspires to break the world record distance travelled on roller/in-line skates.

The Sundre RCMP detachment received 79 calls for service from Jan. 16 to Jan.

A Sundre High School student was recently offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity by Lions Clubs International.