Athabasca News

The Athabasca RCMP could use a few good men (and women). Appearing before Athabasca town council last Tuesday, Sgt. Brian Scott said local officers are very busy.

The Athabasca Recreational Trails Association ’s (ARTA) future involvement with the Peace River Trail (PRT) is up in the air. After investing four years of volunteer time and $1.

Landing Trail Intermediate School held its 15th annual Flying High Student Conference last Friday where kids enjoyed a number of fun and educational activities. Some of the crew from the Athabasca Volunteer Fire Department came out with trucks and hoses to give the kids a look at some of the fire equipment. (l-r) Lucas Rosen and Megan Weber get a hand from fireman Travis Shalapay.

One local resident has made his voice heard on the need for a truck bypass around Athabasca, and now he wants others to do the same. The importance of such a bypass became clear to Fred Martin on the morning of Dec.

Athabasca University (AU) held its annual Community Breakfast last Tuesday to acknowledge and thank the businesses and citizens of the community who have supported the institution over the past year.

Athabasca and the surrounding area has a fan in the form of Alberta’s Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk.

After requesting the public’s help in finding Kelly Astasiewicz, the Athabasca RCMP reported that they had found her safe and unharmed on Wednesday night. The Island Lake resident had last been seen on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Athabasca RCMP has requested the public’s help in locating Kelly Astasiewicz, an Island Lake resident. She was last seen on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at a residence in the Lakeshore Drive area of Island Lake.

A 24-year-old man is dead after his ATV collided with a pickup truck north of Athabasca on Sunday. At 11:35 a.m.

After a heated discussion at their meeting last Tuesday, Athabasca town council voted in favour of Gregg Distributors’ proposed expansion.