Athabasca News

Country artist Tenille rocks the stage on July 1 during the second day of festivities for the Magnificent River Rats Festival. More photos of Tenille, along with full galleries of the other artists at the festival are available below.

Following in-camera discussion at its meeting last Wednesday, Athabasca County council decided it would not be sending councillors to attending the public meeting being put together by an ad-hoc committee of concerned citizens on July 3.

The Athabasca Grand Union Hotel has changed ownership as of June 30. Although the identity of the new owners is not known as of press time, according the old owners, the new owners of the Union also own other properties in Athabasca.

The Edwin Parr Composite High School Grade 12 class was dressed to the nines last Saturday for their graduation at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex.

Earlier this year, Boyle Rural Crime Watch passed a motion to fold the group because of lack of interest; however, due to concerns about recent crimes, the group might get a second wind. “We haven’t folded yet,” said president Terry Jordan.

Two historic Athabasca buildings — the Athabasca United Church and the old Canadian Northern Railway Station — have received thousands of dollars through the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation over the years; the latest batch of funding was anno

Julie Adams of Unwed Mothers belts one out on June 30 at the Magnificent River Rats Festival. For more photos, see the online galleries.

Fort McMurray-Athabasca remains under the Conservative banner with former Athabasca County councillor David Yurdiga the new MP for the riding after the June 30 byelection.

Olympic gold medalist Brad Jacobs will soon be reunited with his Olympic ring, which was stolen from his room at the Boyle Motor Inn last weekend while he was in town participating in the Bryan Mudryk Golf Classic charity golf tournament.

Canadian Olympic gold-medallist curler Brad Jacobs had his Olympic ring stolen from his Boyle motel room while staying in the village to participate in a charity golf tournament last weekend.