Athabasca News

Whispering Hills Primary School (WHPS) held a Buddy Walk coordinated by the Athabasca Blue Genes Foundation to raise awareness for people with Down syndrome last Friday. WHPS student Tucker Beirnes was excited to release his helium-filled balloon and to go on the walk.

The Alberta government has made it easier to take a brilliant idea and turn it into a commercialized product.

St. Paul-based author Eileen Schuh is an expert in straddling two worlds. The writer, who visited Rochester Library last Monday, exploits parallel universes in her sci-fi novella, Schrödinger’s Cat.

When Wally Johnsen drove into the army cadet camp she manages near Narrow Lake last Thursday morning, she planned to spruce the place up a little — make it ready for a squadron of cadets to stay for the weekend.

Wandering River residents will soon be getting a newly paved 1st Street, which has been littered with potholes for years, but 1A Street will not be included in the work as first hoped.

Sediment has been released into the Athabasca River from a decommissioned mine near Hinton, and the Town of Athabasca is taking precautionary measures, although Athabasca was not on the list of communities notified.

The Athabasca Legion will continue its tradition this Remembrance Day (Nov. 11) of promoting remembrance of those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice. Beginning at 9:30 a.m.

The Royal Canadian Legion Boyle Branch #169 will honour veterans next Monday beginning at 10 a.m., and as has been the case for several years, the service and luncheon will be indoors at the Boyle Community Centre.

Edwin Parr Composite Pacers head coach Pete Burden holds up a plaque commemorating the Pacers' Wheatland Football League tier two championship win over Westlock last Saturday. The Pacers had an undefeated season and will play for the Consolation Cup this weekend.

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