Athabasca News

A head-on collision between a fuel truck and a red pickup at approximately 3 p.m. Aug. 28 sent two Athabasca County residents to hospital. The incident took place on Highway 55, approximately 16 kilometres west of Lac La Biche.

One person has been sent to hospital as a result of a two-vehicle collision between a dark GMC Sierra pickup and a blue compact sedan at approximately 5:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at the corner of Highway 55 and 34th Street.

Six people were injured in a serious collision involving a truck and two other cars on Highway 63 at the 18-kilometre marker at approximately 7:30 p.m. Monday, according to Boyle RCMP.

On the southwest side of Baptiste Lake, near the Athabasca County public beach and the burger bar, the lurid-coloured remnants of a blue-green algae bloom lapped against the shore Aug. 13.

The Rotary Club of Athabasca heard from incoming, outgoing and returning exchange students at their meeting last Wednesday. Spencer Beveridge, 17, departed Athabasca for the town of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany, last year on Aug.

The Garden Club of Athabasca has just announced the winners of its first Garden Contest, and already club members are brainstorming ways to improve and grow the contest next year. Judging took place from July 23 to Aug.

Children aged nine to 14 participated in a Lego Robotics Camp Aug. 20 and 21 at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex, as well as a study conducted by Athabasca University’s (AU) School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS).

Mayor Roger Morrill, who is running for re-election this fall, and the only other declared mayoral hopeful, Barbara Bell, say economic development in Athabasca is a priority.

Commercial expansion and contraction is sweeping over town as businesses renovate, move to new spaces or close down altogether. Athabasca Mayor Roger Morrill agrees that the "business landscape in Athabasca is always in transition.

Colinton Volunteer Fire Brigade chief Bruce Bretzlaff guides down the newest addition to the STARS air ambulance fleet: the (AugustaWestland) AW139, which made its premiere flight to the Athabasca Healthcare Centre last Wednesday. STARS scheduled a full hour on the ground so the flight crew would have ample time to brief emergency responders and medical personnel on the new helicopter's capabilities and properties.