Athabasca News

Needed renovations and a dwindling number of students has the local school board contemplating what the best course of action is for Rochester School.

A cloudless sunset at Narrow Lake last Saturday was photographed by eight participants in the Photography and the Night Sky workshop hosted by the Rotary Club of Athabasca, Athabasca University and Science Outreach.

Town of Athabasca peace officer Shaun Woloschuk struts his stuff in his Wizard of Oz red pumps during the Walk a Mile fundraising event last Friday at the riverfront.

Any business can be a huge help to those that find themselves affected by family violence. All it takes is a bit of initiative.

Volunteers have been diligently working on the Boyle Centennial Historic Walking Trails recently.

The sky was cloudy and the wind was cool Friday, but that didn’t stop men from putting on high heels and walking along the riverfront at the 4th annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.

Athabasca residents decided to allow town council to borrow $5 million in today's plebiscite, which will see the new swimming pool project go ahead.

The new voice and new management of the province includes MLA Jeff Johnson. Johnson, the representative for Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, remains in the cabinet fold in the re-created Ministry of Seniors.

Boyle RCMP Sgt. Kevin McGillvary and Cpl. John Spanns explained to Village of Boyle council last week that break and enter offences have seen a decrease of 67 per cent since 2011 for the months of January to July.

School bus after school bus pull into the drop-off loop at Whispering Hills Primary School last Tuesday filled with students dressed to the nines for the first day of a new school year. It was the same for students in the other Athabasca schools and throughout the Aspen View Public School division. Preliminary estimates from the school division show an increase in a number of Aspen View schools.