Athabasca News

After two years at ‘K’ Division RCMP headquarters in Edmonton, Sergeant Sonny Kim has returned to Boyle. Kim was promoted to lead the Athabasca and Boyle Integrated Traffic Unit (ITU).

There are still questions to be answered regarding the sewer system’s ability to handle flows from the new school. The sanitary sewer that runs along 50th Avenue between 49th and 47th Street could cost $1.

Men, women and children took part in the annual Sisters in Spirit walk on Saturday calling for a larger voice to honour the memory of all of the missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada. At the riverfront, the group released some blue balloons into the sky in memory of those women.

A cramped meeting room made tensions even worse last week at a public open house for a proposed new subdivision.

Aspen View Public School Division has 16 students more than was projected for this school year. However, there are 65 fewer students in the division than last year.

The Boyle RCMP are to hold their second annual Regimental Ball on Nov. 15. The Ball will celebrate women in the RCMP and will feature a special guest speaker.

Aspen View Public School Division stated it will not be revisiting the closure of any Aspen View school until September 2016. The schools in Rochester, Grassland and Smith all fell below the minimum critical enrolment numbers this September.

Investigators looking into the cause of a fire last Wednesday located human remains inside the debris of the burnt out home.

Investigators looking into the cause of a fire Wednesday have located human remains inside the home.

Sarah Gabourie gets ready to take on the climbing wall last Friday at Landing Trail Intermediate School's annual Flying High event. The day let students in Grades 4 to 7 try out about 30 different activities and sessions ranging from cultural and creative ones like drawing to more physical ones such as firefighting and various sports including street hockey.