Athabasca News

The Heartwood Folk Club capped off its fall 2017 season with a performance by the Gadjo Collective Nov. 18. The Balkan dance band performed a variety of music inspired by places throughout eastern Europe.

Athabasca County council passed the first two readings on a new bylaw to create a tax installment plan for ratepayers during their Nov. 14 meeting.

Aspen View Public Schools ratified a new two-year collective agreement with the Alberta Teachers Association (ATA) Local No. 7 on Nov. 9.

Athabasca University was once again admonished by Alberta’s watchdog for failing to deal with recommendations dating back to 2010.

During the regular meeting Nov. 7, the Town of Athabasca’s council voted to raise the Fortis franchise fee from six to seven per cent.

The Village of Boyle gathered Nov. 11 together to honour veterans and fallen soldiers at a Remembrance Day service in the Boyle Community Centre.

Already the Boyle’s Santas Anonymous is hitting record numbers. Shelby Hill, vice president Boyle Santas Anonymous, said this year she expects to have about 65 families signed up for hampers from the Grassland and Boyle area.

Internet and cellular service throughout Athabasca went down for a period of nearly 12 hours on Nov. 7. The outage lasted from approximately 10 a.m. to just after 9 p.m.

A Nov. 6 trailer fire just west of Colinton claimed the life of 82-year-old Loek de Visser, known to his family as a “mentor” and “friend.

The chilly, winter streets of Athabasca will warm up with activity Dec. 1 during the Athabasca and District Chamber of Commerce’s annual Moonlight Madness event. “We want (people) to shop local.