Athabasca News

The latest addition to the STARS fleet, the (AugustaWestland) AW139, landed at the Athabasca Healthcare Centre last Wednesday.

The Athabasca Heathcare Centre was the landing point for the newest, fastest and sturdiest of the STARS Air Ambulance helicopter fleet last Wednesday: the (Augusta Westland) AW139.

Athabasca town council has been taken aback by statements from the Magnificent River Rats Festival Society regarding the Town of Athabasca’s involvement in the festival, which ran June 29-30 at the riverfront.

Duane Henry Stadnek, 48, of Hudson Bay, Sask.

Athabasca County is searching for support from the Village of Boyle and the Town of Athabasca for a possible regional fire training facility.

Property crimes are “way up,” and “person crimes are way lower,” Athabasca RCMP Sgt. Brian Scott told Athabasca County council at their meeting last Tuesday.

The Northern Lights Spiritus Singers Society is inviting all singers to join the choir. Each year, the choir performs many Christmas songs at the Nancy Appleby Theatre, and at each performance the theatre is packed.

Colinton residents are invited out again to the Colinton Community Hall tonight (Aug. 19) at 7 p.m. for a public consultation with county experts to give feedback on the draft concept for an area structure plan (ASP) for the area.

Steve's Towing in Athabasca received a call at approximately 12:30 a.m. Friday morning from a driver who blew a tire and left the roadway near the bridge at the Highway 55/813 interchange, sliding down the escarpment.

Robert Holmberg paints with light on trees the AU for Athabasca University during the 2013 Rotary Youth Academy program "Photography and the Night Sky ". This section of the program took place at the Athabasca University Geophysical Observatories southwest of Athabasca. Each student learned how to photograph the stars.