Athabasca News

At last Tuesday’s council meeting, Athabasca County councillor Larry Armfelt (who represents the Baptiste Lake/Island Lake area) said he received an email from a concerned county resident Sept.

Two new contenders have declared their intent to run for Athabasca town councillor positions in the Oct. 21 municipal election. Nichole Adams has lived in the community for eight years and thinks she can make a difference.

Athabasca Playgroup is closing its doors due to lack of interest from parents. President Cyndi Logelin explained there was no one to whom the torch could be handed.

The Athabasca Community Registration and Showcase Night at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex last Wednesday incorporated the first Athabasca Community Health Fair.

The Athabasca Ratepayers’ Association (ARPA) is still looking for answers as to what happened with $440,000 it says the Town of Athabasca saved from Muskeg Creek local improvement project funding.

One person is dead after a fatal head-on collision on Highway 63 early Thursday morning, involving a semi tractor trailer and a passenger car.

The body of a 22-year-old Edmonton man with family ties to the Athabasca area was recovered from the Athabasca River Sept. 7, five days after the man went missing near the Klondyke Ferry, approximately 35 kilometres northwest of Barrhead.

Boyle village council expressed safety concerns with the placement and very existence of an anhydrous ammonia storage facility in Boyle at a council meeting last Wednesday despite assurances from the company that manages the facility, Richardson Pion

Words Work Literacy Society, an organization that finds volunteer adult tutors to work with adult learners, has been so successful in its recruitment efforts that it has more tutors than learners as the office opens for regular hours this month.

The Athabasca Heartwood Folk Club has announced its autumn concert lineup: one returning favourite and three acts that will be appearing in town for the first time. “We’re trying to maintain standards,” said folk club founder Peter Opryshko.