Athabasca News

Athabasca woke up last Tuesday morning to a new mayor, as Roger Morrill beat incumbent Colleen Powell, 544 votes to 333. Mayor-elect Morrill is due to take office on Oct.

Athabasca County council’s most beleaguered members successfully retained their seats in Monday night’s election.

Village of Boyle voters opted for significant change Monday night, as long-time mayor Bob Clark and deputy mayor Jim Giancola were both defeated.

Incumbent Aspen View School Division trustees fared well in Monday night’s election as all but one retained their seat. In Athabasca Ward 1 (Smith) Edgar Koehler was re-elected over Lewis Semashkewich, 424 votes to 331.

Dr. Roger Morrill is set to become Athabasca’s new mayor. Morrill defeated incumbent Colleen Powell Monday night, 544 votes to 333. “Basically I just have to thank the voters for coming out, I think that’s a good vote total,” Morrill said.

Athabasca RCMP are investigating the source of a series of anonymous allegations made last week against incumbent Athabasca County Division 9 candidate Mike Demko, which accused him of sexual harassment and distributing pornography, as well as challe

The brand-new Aspen Regional Water Treatment Plant was officially opened in Athabasca by town and county representatives last week, and is now pumping high-grade water across the region using state-of-the-art technology.

A grassfire set off by a malfunctioning hay baler burned through up to 70 hectares of farmland after first setting alight a row of trees near Flat Lake on last Monday. The Boyle Fire Department attended to the blaze that started at 3:30 p.m. on Oct.

Dr. Roger Morrill has unofficially won the mayor’s race in Athabasca, defeating incumbent Colleen Powell, 544 votes to 333.

In Division 3 (Boyle), incumbent Doris Splane is back for another term after gaining 174 votes. Challenger Wes Kowalchuk finished second with 168 votes, while Wayne Plamondon had 11.