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Blown tire sends pickup off 55/813 interchange

Blown tire sends pickup off 55/813 interchange

Steve's Towing in Athabasca received a call at approximately 12:30 a.m. Friday morning from a driver who blew a tire and left the roadway near the bridge at the Highway 55/813 interchange, sliding down the escarpment.
Painting a starry, starry night with light

Painting a starry, starry night with light

Robert Holmberg paints with light on trees the AU for Athabasca University during the 2013 Rotary Youth Academy program "Photography and the Night Sky ". This section of the program took place at the Athabasca University Geophysical Observatories southwest of Athabasca. Each student learned how to photograph the stars.
School board trustee Edgar Koehler dies

School board trustee Edgar Koehler dies

Aspen View school board trustee and former Athabasca County councillor Edgar Koehler passed away suddenly Monday morning in Athabasca.
Brick school's fate up for discussion as FCSS move approaches

Brick school's fate up for discussion as FCSS move approaches

Once the tenant of Athabasca’s brick school, Family and Community Support Services (FCSS), moves into its new facility early next year, the Athabasca Regional Multiplex, which manages the old school, will lose out on $35,000 per year in rent.
Astronomy and night sky photography program looking up

Astronomy and night sky photography program looking up

Twinkling stars, a meteor shower, a thunderstorm in the distance and aurora borealis: all things two youths photographed this past weekend at Athabasca University Geophysical Observatories (AUGO II) as part of the 2013 Rotary Youth Academy “Photograp
One of accused in Perryvale theft ring pleads not guilty

One of accused in Perryvale theft ring pleads not guilty

One of three persons accused in connection with a suspected Perryvale-area theft ring appeared on Aug. 6 in Athabasca Provincial Court.
Three men saved by strangers after boat capsizes on Calling Lake

Three men saved by strangers after boat capsizes on Calling Lake

The August long weekend started out the same as any other day for Ron Piasetzki and Mackenzie Ryan at their cabin on Calling Lake. “It was a perfect morning. The water was absolutely crystal clear, calm,” Ryan recalled about the morning of Aug. 2.
Hunt for AU's next president officially begins

Hunt for AU's next president officially begins

Athabasca University (AU) is beginning its hunt for a new president and hopes to have the successful candidate in office by May 2014. AU Board of Governors chair Barry Walker announced Aug.
Fatal single vehicle collision

Fatal single vehicle collision

Boyle RCMP are investigating a fatal single vehicle collision. The collision occurred at 5 a.m. Aug. 9 on Township Road 634 just west of Highway 855.
Boyle Food Bank locked out

Boyle Food Bank locked out

A landlord-tenant dispute has led to the Boyle Food Bank being locked out of their facility, located at the corner of Railway Ave. and Fourth Street, in a building occupied by the Pure Water Oasis purified water bottling facility.
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