Athabasca News

One person is dead after a fatal head-on collision on Highway 63 early Thursday morning, involving a semi tractor trailer and a passenger car.

The body of a 22-year-old Edmonton man with family ties to the Athabasca area was recovered from the Athabasca River Sept. 7, five days after the man went missing near the Klondyke Ferry, approximately 35 kilometres northwest of Barrhead.

Boyle village council expressed safety concerns with the placement and very existence of an anhydrous ammonia storage facility in Boyle at a council meeting last Wednesday despite assurances from the company that manages the facility, Richardson Pion

Words Work Literacy Society, an organization that finds volunteer adult tutors to work with adult learners, has been so successful in its recruitment efforts that it has more tutors than learners as the office opens for regular hours this month.

The Athabasca Heartwood Folk Club has announced its autumn concert lineup: one returning favourite and three acts that will be appearing in town for the first time. “We’re trying to maintain standards,” said folk club founder Peter Opryshko.

Athabasca town councillor George Hawryluk thinks he has what it takes to be mayor of the Town of Athabasca. He has announced he will file his mayoral nomination papers for the October election.

Athabasca town council discussed the notorious intersection at Highway 55 and 34th Street at length at its regular meeting last Tuesday.

The Dare Devil Divas from Onoway, AB, impressed the crowd at the 34th annual Smith-Hondo Fall Fair and Rodeo last Saturday. Dayna Powell stands on Norwegian Fjord Minnie, assisted by fellow trainer April Key (right), as Daisy shows off her own balancing act on her hind legs.

A 44-year-old man who was behaving in a "threatening / erratic manner" at the riverfront Rotary Spray Park yesterday afternoon has been taken into custody and charged with possession of cocaine and methamphetamine, as well as mischief, resisting arre

CastleGlenn Consultants Inc. will host another public open house (POH) in Boyle, Athabasca County manager Gary Buchanan informed council at last Thursday’s county council meeting.