Athabasca News

Athabasca RCMP are celebrating another small victory in a much larger problem of organized theft in the region, having made three arrests in the Perryvale area in connection to thousands of dollars of stolen property.

Preferred routes have been selected by consultants for the Alberta Ministry of Transportation for the truck bypass around Athabasca. CastleGlenn Consultants Inc.

Gracie Flowers channels Canadian pop star Justin Bieber at "A Musical Tribute to the Funk Brothers: The Sound of Motown. " The show, which took place at the Nancy Appleby Theatre last Saturday, featured Motown tunes and modern pop songs.

Boyle Village councillor Roger Hall has resigned for personal reasons, as his wife has accepted a job offer in St. Paul.

Mark Neaves was presented with the Healthy Families / Healthy Futures (HF/HF) Community Partnership Award June 20.

Highway 63 traffic near Boyle was rerouted to Highway 831 for much of Monday in the wake of a fiery collision. According to the Boyle RCMP, at 4 a.m.

Athabascaís U16 boys soccer team, the Athabasca Saints, shut out the Morinville U18 mixed team 3-0 last Thursday at Edwin Parr Composite School (EPC).

Member of the Legislative Assembly for Athabasca-Redwater-Sturgeon and Minister of Education Jeff Johnson poses for a photo op with Alberta Premier Alison Redford during the grand opening of the Boyle Integrated Traffic Unit last Saturday. The premier was greeted by many RCMP officers who work in the area.

At community consultations on June 12-13 at Rochester and Grassland schools, respectively, Aspen View Schools board members assured concerned citizens that funding for each school is guaranteed for the 2013ñ2014 school year.

More than a dozen acts are lined up for the Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30, Magnificent River Rats Festival at Athabascaís riverfront, and more volunteers are needed to ensure it all runs smoothly.