Athabasca News

Victoria Duffield ruled the riverfront at the Magnificent River Rats Festival last weekend. "Phenomenal show — phenomenal dancing, " said River Rats president Rod Foster of the show that drew in the largest crowd of young people that he had ever seen at the festival.

The traffic lights on 50th Street and 49th Avenue have been flashing since Sunday afternoon.

Athabasca RCMP are celebrating another small victory in a much larger problem of organized theft in the region, having made three arrests in the Perryvale area in connection to thousands of dollars of stolen property.

Preferred routes have been selected by consultants for the Alberta Ministry of Transportation for the truck bypass around Athabasca. CastleGlenn Consultants Inc.

Colinton homeowner Geoff Loken thinks Colinton will inherit Athabasca’s industrial truck traffic problem if one of the proposed eastern bypass routes around Athabasca is built.

Self-taught artist Judy Gauthier has painted a Buy-Low Foods mural in the entrance to the store. The mural is a blast from the past for some of Athabasca’s residents.

Gracie Flowers channels Canadian pop star Justin Bieber at "A Musical Tribute to the Funk Brothers: The Sound of Motown. " The show, which took place at the Nancy Appleby Theatre last Saturday, featured Motown tunes and modern pop songs.

Boyle Village councillor Roger Hall has resigned for personal reasons, as his wife has accepted a job offer in St. Paul.

Mark Neaves was presented with the Healthy Families / Healthy Futures (HF/HF) Community Partnership Award June 20.

Highway 63 traffic near Boyle was rerouted to Highway 831 for much of Monday in the wake of a fiery collision. According to the Boyle RCMP, at 4 a.m.