Athabasca News

Stunned is probably an understatement for how Travis Olson felt when he learned last month that nine Wildrose Party MLAs were packing up for a seat on the government side of the legislature.

A snowplow was one of the many vehicles that found the road conditions rather difficult to navigate early in the morning last Friday and had to be pulled from the east side ditch along Highway 827. The snow, combined with extremely cold temperatures, continued to hamper motorists over the weekend.

A drop in the number of impaired driving charges and a rise in the number vehicles that went through CheckStops in the region translates into a very successful holiday campaign for local police.

An updated, more modern logo concept has been adopted by the Aspen View Public Schools (AVPS) board of trustees.

Unlike last year’s blizzard that hampered the annual bird count, this year is more of a mixed bag with no clear reasons for why the numbers are what they are. The count was held Dec.

This Christmas, Boyle’s Linda Saunders decided to teach her grandson how to give by starting a campaign for the teen room at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. “I thought ‘How can I give?’ and I wanted it to be for a cancer cause.

Santa Claus showed up with a bag filled with gifts at the Smith School Christmas concert on Dec. 18, which meant a big line up of children to see the cheerful fellow.

Vandals took advantage of the holiday break to put an ugly mark on Edwin Parr Composite. The graffiti was sprayed on a van as well as the entire south wall of the school and several other walls on the west side.

The new federal riding of Lakeland has a declared candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada.

The holiday season is a time when many people deck their houses out with bright multicolored lights and other decorations. Houses - and trees - all over Athabasca sparkled in the night, like this one off of Cornwall, looking like ice palaces or gum drop houses.