Athabasca News

The local refugee sponsorship committee will finally be welcoming the first member of their sponsored Syrian family at the Edmonton International Airport Nov. 2.

Emergency Medical Services personnel in Wabasca/Desmarais are now operating out of a brand new $3.1-million station, completed this fall. Dignitaries and community members gathered at the new four-bay station Oct. 12 for the centre’s grand opening.

Forest venturers in the Baptiste Lake area beware: there are large cats prowling in the trees. Warren Zyla, Baptiste Lake area resident, has put up trail cameras in the Baptiste and Narrow Lake area for 10 years,.

A 45-year-old man from the Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement landed a 105-day prison sentence and a $4,990 fine for a laundry list of offences dating back to 2014. Appearing from the Edmonton Remand Centre in Boyle Provincial Court Oct.

When others prefer to take their Sunday mornings to sleep in or go to church, the Interact Club of Athabasca prefers to walk for ending polio.

With his Krieghoff K-80 Trap Special 12 Gauge, local teen Niklas Tebb was able to shoot down and snag the national sub-junior champion title this past summer where he maintained an 89.7 per cent shooting average in all three disciplines.

Two men have been charged with possession of stolen property and flight from police after being arrested in Buffalo Lake Oct. 21 while driving a vehicle stolen from the Stony Plain area.

It’s a simple little treat, really. A hint of red in the chocolate on the outside, a flourish on the top. Inside, a raspberry coulis with a white ganache. But on Oct.

The “Power of Yes” was the motto of the night at the Athabasca District Chamber of Commerce business awards gala Oct. 19.

With their hands on Bibles, the seven new Aspen Public Schools Division board trustees were sworn into their positions during the board’s organizational meeting Oct. 20. Elections were held Oct.