Athabasca News

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.

Incumbent Athabasca County Division 2 (Colinton-New Pine Creek) councillor has lost his seat on council, defeated by challenger Denis Willcott, 166-118.

Lac La Biche RCMP have released few details about the deaths of two men — one from Buffalo Lake, one from Boyle — who bodies were found in Touchwood Lake earlier this month after a fishing trip went wrong.

Town of Athabasca election candidates came face to face with the public last Wednesday in a forum put on by the Athabasca District Chamber of Commerce, which saw incumbents and challengers alike vying to convince locals that they are the ones to vote

Former Athabasca youth worker Jason Andrew Keough went to trial in Edmonton’s Court of Queen’s Bench last week on charges related to child pornography, voyeurism and sexual touching.

Jason Andrew Keough invited a Nova Scotia couple to move to Athabasca to live with him, then pressured them to film themselves having sex, according to testimony presented in Edmonton’s Court of Queen’s Bench Wednesday.

The trial on child pornography-related charges of former Athabasca youth worker Jason Andrew Keough, 36, continued Tuesday with testimony that Keough provided a friend with video cameras to make a sex tape with his underage girlfriend, then kept the

EPC senior Angels' Sarah Windeler (c) and Amanda Phaneuf (r) stuff a Barrhead Gryphon player during one of their Friday night matches at the EPC senior Volleyball Tournament, held this past weekend at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex and the EPC Gym. Unfortunately, the Pacers and Angels didn't make it past the round-robin portion of the tournament.

Current Athabasca County councillor Kevin Haines is aiming for his second term representing Division 5 (Athabasca East), while Wendy Jewell is trying to make her mark on the council for the first time as the Oct. 18 election approaches.