Sundre News

The Sundre Elks Club is approximately $1,000 in the hole after a poor turnout at the wrestling event it hosted in town on Canada Day.

Town of Sundre council has voted not to participate in a one-day facilitated economic development strategic planning session.

Noise bylaw relaxed During the Town of Sundre council meeting on June 17, council passed two motions regarding Canada Day celebrations. Council approved relaxing noise bylaw No. 818 on July 1 for the celebrations.

Residents of Riverside RV Village are thankful that the amount of damage received from the June flood is less than what was expected. Residents are back in their units and there has been no damage to recreational vehicles.

The extent of private property damage in Sundre from the June flood is undetermined at this point.

Sundre residents are being praised for the outpouring of support for their fellow residents during the recent flood scare in town.

Town of Sundre council approved the formation of an ad hoc committee for the Corridor Enhancement Project, during the council meeting on June 17. Also during the meeting, Coun Tony Jordan was appointed to the committee, after Coun.

Sundre and it residents are in recovery mode after the Red Deer River breached its banks June 20, causing less flooding than was originally predicted.

Sundre was among 27 Alberta communities in a local state of emergency at the height of what provincial officials are calling the worst flooding in Alberta's history.

Sundre's Peak Theatre Players performed four sold-out shows of the production Fawlty Towers over the last two weekends. “The cast went through the paces very successfully.