Athabasca News

For the second year in a row, students at Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) in Athabasca will be spreading the word about a student challenge that aims to raise awareness and help people in Africa.

Wyeth Tan (l) and Kaitlin Labonte from the LTIS Leadership squad handing out drinks like coffee and iced tea to be enjoyed by those sitting down to their turkey dinner with all of the fixings at the annual free Community Christmas dinner last Thursday at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex that also saw many other individuals, businesses and community groups volunteering to lend a hand.

For close to 40 years, Doug and Liz Madsen have been giving to Boyle and the surrounding community and last week it was the community’s turn to give to them.

After two years of the water levels in Skeleton Lake not decreasing, a ditch that was dug has now been filled.

With the first real blast of winter, Athabasca’s new chief administrative officer (CAO) got his first blast of complaints regarding efforts of getting the streets clean.

The annual kick off of the holiday shopping season in Athabasca was classified a success with the $5,000 fireworks show receiving much of the applause.

(l-r) Rochester School students Tyrone Crossman, Kelsey Wotherspoon, Layne Gigian, Chris McCullagh, Carson Ewasiw, Cameron McCullagh, Ben Ewasiw and William Foster gather around a few of the projects that were produced for the first ever Innovation Fair held at the school on Dec. 1. The fair was initially slated for Nov. 28, but had to be postponed due to the bus cancellations due to the poor weather conditions.

The success of the annual Tree of Hope fundraising campaign never fails to amaze the members of the Boyle Healthcare Centre Auxiliary.

Consider it signed, sealed and delivered. The Aspen View Public School board approved the final size and construction budget for a new secondary school in Athabasca, presented to them at their meeting held in Boyle last Thursday.

The usual local school science fair was kicked up a notch this year at Rochester School.