Athabasca News

Before Plamondon-based author Charmaine Hammond penned any of her nine books, she and her husband, Chris Alcock, adopted a five-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Toby.

Athabasca town councillor Nichole Adams believes that council has misused in-camera sessions of its regular meetings as per Municipal Government Act regulations. An in-camera session is a portion of a meeting that is closed to the public and media.

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.