Athabasca News

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.

Pop music star, actress and dancer Victoria Duffield will ignite the stage at Athabascaís river-front at 9:15 p.m. on June 30. ìIím really looking forward to it.

The Boyle Integrated Traffic Unit (ITU) expansion is complete.

Boyle seniorsí lodge Wildrose Villa will receive $11 million in funding to expand and renovate the current building. Premier Alison Redford made the surprise announcement in Boyle last Saturday.

Zaira (Davenport) the contortionist of the Dallas, Texas based Family Fun Circus entertained a happy crowd on the rodeo grounds in Boyle last Saturday.

The Town of Athabasca has approved its 2013 capital budget.

The charge count against a group of four individuals who allegedly committed thefts in and around Athabasca County for more than seven years has risen to 108, according to crown prosecutor J. Morrison.

The provincial government has identified the Athabasca/Boyle area as one of the top 24 communities throughout the province that needs better primary healthcare, as part of its Building Alberta Plan.

The Athabasca/Boyle area has been identified under Premier Alison Redford's Building Alberta Plan as one of the 24 communities throughout the province that needs better access to primary healthcare, which could qualify the area for a new family care