Athabasca News

It is not often you can shoot a .22 in a hall crowded with people. The Perryvale Turkey Shoot is one such event, which has been awarding turkeys to the sharpest shooter for over 35 years, and the tradition continued Nov.

Senior girls volleyball teams from around the region got to stay up late playing games Nov. 10 at Boyle School. The Boyle School Redeye Tournament saw four teams from Thorhild, Plamondon, Westlock and Boyle compete from 4 p.m.

“We will never be made whole again.” That is the reality of the Ross family after losing their family-built home to a fire on Nov. 2, according to Katrina Ross. Although nobody was injured, the home burned to the ground.

Town of Athabasca council unanimously rejected a request by former mayor Roger Morrill and former councillor Timothy Verhaeghe to release a legal opinion regarding the 2016 attempts to disqualify them from council.

A repeat offender landed a $1,500-fine and a 12-month driving probation after he was caught driving impaired on Highway 818. Eugene Young pleaded to the one charge of impaired driving in Athabasca Provincial Court on Nov. 6.

“It is the solider, not the politician who has given us the right to vote.” Royal Canadian Legion Branch 103 Athabasca president Lauradelle Poirier said that these words, written by Charles M.

Authentic and raw – emotionally. This is how the local folk-rock brother-duo Greg and Andrew Tkach of The Gear Sebastian describe their first full album, Paint, which will be released Dec. 1.

More than 100 comments were on a local Facebook post describing alleged mischief by a “native girl” in Athabasca, spurring outcry for remarks some say were offensive and racist.

From Rapunzel letting down her hair, to multiple gender-bending princes and the entire Cinderella tale played by one actress, Edwin Parr Composite School’s first drama production of the school year had it all.

The third concert of the Heartwood Folk Club’s 20th fall season brought the Juno award winning blues singer and guitarist Jim Byrnes to the Athabasca United Church Nov. 1.