Athabasca News

The Athabasca Rapids Swim Team continue to perform their skills quite well. Members recently competed at a pair of invitational swim meets in Fort McMurray on April 29 and in Grande Prairie on May 4 to 6.

Athabasca RCMP continue to investigate a series of break and enters out in the Calling Lake area. Cpl. Ty Roddick-Ament said the first reports began to come in over the last couple of weeks.

Members of the Athabasca-Boyle RCMP Integrated Traffic Unit teamed up with Alberta Fish and Wildlife Officers over the Labour Day long weekend to patrol the area's waterways. According to a Sept.

Telus Communications media relations responded to requests for information regarding the communications tower fire Aug. 31 north of Athabasca.

A local pilot is dead after a plane crashed during an air show at the Smith Fall Fair Aug. 31. An RCMP press release states two small planes were conducting aerobatic manoeuvres when one of the planes disappeared east of Smith.

“Education” — a fitting new theme for the Old Brick School. Manasc Isaac Architects presented their schematic design for the Old Brick School Aug.

Have you ever stood at the crest of the paved path coming down the east hill in Athabasca and admired the view of the river? Maybe you prefer strolling along the sun-dappled trail leading up to the Multiplex on the west side of Athabasca? Whatever yo

Alberta Fish and Wildlife is asking Athabascans to store garbage indoors and take down bird feeders after receiving almost 40 reports of black bear sightings in the area this past month.

An “unforeseen mechanical difficulty” with the Athabasca Regional Multiplex’s ice plant means Athabasca’s 2019-20 skating season will be delayed until about Oct. 1. In an Aug.

Meals, songs, surprise draws and fireworks drew around 900 people to the Treaty Day celebrations in Calling Lake Aug. 16.