Athabasca News

Athabasca Fire Department captain Bryan Hall provides backup support for young Cody Gauthier while he takes a turn on the nozzle of a hose during the department's open house last Tuesday night as part of Fire Prevention Week in Alberta. The night included a free barbecue, goodie bags for the kids, prizes and some hands-on demonstrations.

Members of the community have been concerned with buses traveling on University Drive when the new school is built at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex. The concern is a steep hill with several sharp corners.

The Athabasca Regional Multiplex site is suitable to build for a new school, pool and library. That is according to a site services report conducted at the request of the Aspen View Public School Division.

After two years at ‘K’ Division RCMP headquarters in Edmonton, Sergeant Sonny Kim has returned to Boyle. Kim was promoted to lead the Athabasca and Boyle Integrated Traffic Unit (ITU).

There are still questions to be answered regarding the sewer system’s ability to handle flows from the new school. The sanitary sewer that runs along 50th Avenue between 49th and 47th Street could cost $1.

The newest part of the Trans-Canada Trail in the region will be holding it’s grand opening this Saturday.

Men, women and children took part in the annual Sisters in Spirit walk on Saturday calling for a larger voice to honour the memory of all of the missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada. At the riverfront, the group released some blue balloons into the sky in memory of those women.

A cramped meeting room made tensions even worse last week at a public open house for a proposed new subdivision.

Aspen View Public School Division has 16 students more than was projected for this school year. However, there are 65 fewer students in the division than last year.

The Boyle RCMP are to hold their second annual Regimental Ball on Nov. 15. The Ball will celebrate women in the RCMP and will feature a special guest speaker.