Athabasca News

One of two men who broke into two seniors’ homes, beat them and demanded keys to their vehicles last February looked impassive as Judge J. Maher read from a victim impact statement in Boyle Provincial Court last Tuesday.

Eric Bendrien from Athabasca shows off for his friends by performing a cat walk during the Athabasca River Runners annual poker rally, which doubled as the Alberta Snowmobile Association jamboree last Saturday. Snowmobilers from all over the province set off from Forfar Hall for the event.

Sections of Highway 63 between Radway and Fort McMurray will be closed Wednesday and Thursday nights to allow for the passing of a wide load. From Feb.

Armand Lacoursiere was sentenced to 15-and-a-half years imprisonment Feb. 19 for sexually abusing seven children beginning in the 1970s.

Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) has been operating out of the old brick school for more than 25 years, but on Feb. 28, it will be celebrating the grand opening of its new building, located at 3598-48th Avenue.

On March 12, Aspen View Public Schools will lower their Canadian flags to half-mast to honour the nation’s troops being pulled from Afghanistan.

Town of Athabasca council is set to receive an approximately 30-per-cent raise, and not all councillors are happy about it. The motion was made by councillor Tim Verhaeghe and passed by a 4--3 vote at last Tuesday’s regular town council meeting.

From July 18–20, the Boyle Rodeo will once again punch above its weight when it comes to the calibre of music and other entertainment it offers.

Athabascans joined a worldwide movement to end violence against women, "One Billion Rising for Justice, " on Feb. 14. A dozen or so local women performed a dance to an empowering song at Buy-Low Foods and Canadian Tire. (l-r) Monica Rosborough, Sharon Harding, Amanda Wallace, Lorna Cunanan, Becky Green, Julie Creaser, Brenda, Suzan Swallow and Kelly Hindy point skyward as part of the performance at Canadian Tire.

A mobile mammography service for women aged 50–69 will be set up at Athabasca Community Health Services (3401-48th Avenue) until next Tuesday (Feb. 25). The mobile mammography trailer arrived in town today.