Athabasca News

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.

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.