Athabasca News

Athabasca University (AU) held its annual Community Breakfast last Tuesday to acknowledge and thank the businesses and citizens of the community who have supported the institution over the past year.

Athabasca and the surrounding area has a fan in the form of Alberta’s Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk.

After requesting the public’s help in finding Kelly Astasiewicz, the Athabasca RCMP reported that they had found her safe and unharmed on Wednesday night. The Island Lake resident had last been seen on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Athabasca RCMP has requested the public’s help in locating Kelly Astasiewicz, an Island Lake resident. She was last seen on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at a residence in the Lakeshore Drive area of Island Lake.

A 24-year-old man is dead after his ATV collided with a pickup truck north of Athabasca on Sunday. At 11:35 a.m.

After a heated discussion at their meeting last Tuesday, Athabasca town council voted in favour of Gregg Distributors’ proposed expansion.

Alberta Transportation plans to hold a public open house Oct. 18 regarding a possible highway bypass around Athabasca.

Local men strapped on high heels and hit the pavement for the Walk A Mile In Her Shoes event in support of Athabasca and Area Prevention of Relationship Abuse Action Committee (PRAAC) last Friday. The event raised almost $8,000 for PRAAC while supporting the fight to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Trevor Martin and Trevor Yurchak show off their shoes.

The owner of Gregg Distributors is keeping his eye on the status of his company’s planned expansion in Athabasca.

Athabasca played host to its second annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event last Friday and raised almost $8,000 for the Athabasca and Area Prevention of Relationship Abuse Action Committee (PRAAC).