Athabasca News

The Village of Boyle is warning residents their March natural gas bill may be higher than expected.

Aspen View Public School Division has approved the Landing Trail Intermediate School playground fundraising committee request for a loan of $322,470.

The Athabasca Roman Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic and United Churches all banded together to give 43 shawls and some cards to residential school survivors as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission events last weekend in Edmonton. (l-r) Monica Rosborough, Severna Bosik, Leona Bury, Sonja Suik, Bernadette Moroz and Heather Kariel all helped in the making of birthday cards or shawls.

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on April 1, the Athabasca Fire Department responded to a call of a garbage truck ablaze on 56th Street near Landing Trail Intermediate School.

At least 28 discrepancies between Athabasca County councillor timesheets and meeting minutes occurred from 2010-2013, the Advocate has discovered. The discrepancies involved five current councillors and three former ones.

On March 29, the Athabasca Heritage Society hosted an open house at the train station to showcase to the community the renovations that have been ongoing for three years.

Local singer Charla Gunderson is excited to announce the release of her first CD, Who Will Pray? Gunderson is hosting a CD release concert at the Nancy Appleby Theatre on April 4 at 7 p.m. Tickets will only be sold at the door.

A super wide load being hauled by Entrec is causing rolling nighttime closures on sections of highway between Lloydminster and Fort McMurray from Monday to Friday this week.

(l-r) Eddie Perez and Robert Earl Reynolds of the Mavericks entertain crowds at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex on March 21. The concert was a part of the band's "Twenty-Five Live " reunion tour and packed a crowd of close to 500 people into the Rotary Field House.

On March 29, the rock-pop duo Fearing & White will be playing at the Nancy Appleby Theatre in the latest show presented by the Heartwood Folk club.