Athabasca News

Athabasca’s annual musical festival will feature alternative, blues and country in 2015. The Magnificent River Rats Festival finalized its headline acts for the two-day festival at its meeting last Thursday.

Once all the nominations were in, there was no doubt who would be given this year’s Boyle Community Spirit Award. Long-time community volunteer Terry Mudryk-Harbarenko was presented the honour during the village council’s meeting last Wednesday.

A slight tax increase is in store for Athabasca County residents this year. Athabasca County council passed their 2015 budget during last Thursday’s meeting with a projected tax rate increase of two per cent.

Le Vent du Nord are coming back to Athabasca to play in the Heartwood concert series. The Quebecois band plays a mixture of traditional folk music and original compositions.

Some dancers in Athabasca will be standing up for the approximately one billion women in the world who are victims of abuse. On Feb.

It’s one of the events on the calendar for everyone in the Village of Boyle. This year’s Valentine’s Day Dance and Show hits the right date – Saturday, Feb. 14 – which is perfect for the family affair. The big event will run from noon until 4 p.m.

Everyone does something while driving that might be distracting themselves from the task at hand.

Continued concerns around the operation of snowmobiles inside town limits has finally reached a point where a stand needs to be taken.

Athabasca’s Madena Reimer is still having a hard time believing that she’s won the “Most Loving Albertan” contest. “Everything was so surreal.

The money keeps rolling in to keep building the Boyle Centennial Walking Trails. This time it was a $5,000 grant from Devon Canada through one of their three community grant programs.