Athabasca News

Three people accused of involvement in a theft ring in the Forfar area appeared in Athabasca Provincial Court via closed-circuit television (CCTV) Aug. 26.

This year, Athabasca’s Community Registration Night on Sept. 11 is getting a healthy addition: the first Athabasca Community Health Fair. From 5–8 p.m.

Enrolment numbers fluctuate every year in Aspen View Schools, and they are difficult to anticipate.

A reported cougar sighting in the Muskeg Creek Trail system last Thursday has government officials reminding those who live near or use the trails to eschew earbuds or other devices that might impede one’s ability to hear approaching wildlife when in

A head-on collision between a fuel truck and a red pickup at approximately 3 p.m. Aug. 28 sent two Athabasca County residents to hospital. The incident took place on Highway 55, approximately 16 kilometres west of Lac La Biche.

One person has been sent to hospital as a result of a two-vehicle collision between a dark GMC Sierra pickup and a blue compact sedan at approximately 5:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at the corner of Highway 55 and 34th Street.

Six people were injured in a serious collision involving a truck and two other cars on Highway 63 at the 18-kilometre marker at approximately 7:30 p.m. Monday, according to Boyle RCMP.

On the southwest side of Baptiste Lake, near the Athabasca County public beach and the burger bar, the lurid-coloured remnants of a blue-green algae bloom lapped against the shore Aug. 13.

The Rotary Club of Athabasca heard from incoming, outgoing and returning exchange students at their meeting last Wednesday. Spencer Beveridge, 17, departed Athabasca for the town of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany, last year on Aug.

The Garden Club of Athabasca has just announced the winners of its first Garden Contest, and already club members are brainstorming ways to improve and grow the contest next year. Judging took place from July 23 to Aug.