Athabasca News

Athabasca woman Joanne Grenier has been identified as the winner of the $1 million Oct. 26 Lotto Max win. Grenier was running late on Oct. 29, and almost didn’t stop to check her Lotto Max ticket, which she had purchased at Buy-Low Foods.

The Village of Boyle is proceeding with the purchase of land that will house a new administrative building and community library, as well as other potential services, sometime in the near future.

Boyle RCMP Cst. Jason Clace, 34, has been charged with five offenses in connection to a traffic stop last year that ended with his firearm being discharged.

Halloween was celebrated all over Athabasca last Wednesday. At Whispering Hills Primary School, (l-r) Alida Boulanger, Gabriel Mejorada, Aiden Wiese and Annica Rosen were dressed up for the annual costume parade.

There is no talk of school closures in Aspen View School Division, despite the recent news that three schools have fallen below critical minimum enrolment numbers.

Travel Alberta held an open house in Athabasca last Friday where they met with local tourism operators. “The open houses are really designed to connect with people,” said Royce Chwin, vice president of marketing and communications for Travel Alberta.

Aspen View School Division’s attempt to make roads safer for their students has been stymied by an unlikely source.

A parked sulphur truck caught on fire in Grassland on Sunday. Local firefighters wasted no time in putting out the blaze, which consumed the tractor but left the trailer (containing the sulphur) intact. No harmful emissions were released in the blaze, according to Grassland fire chief Mel Peterson. The cause of the fire is unknown.

If you think your tap water smells or tastes funny, you’re not alone.

Summer villages are open to discussing their future financial contributions to municipal services in Athabasca County. That’s the message Bob Yontz, Mayor of the Summer Village of Island Lake, had for county council after the Oct.