Athabasca News

The soon-to-be Portage College heavy equipment operator training centre in Boyle will eventually expand to encompass two other programs, boosting enrollment from 40 to 300 in five to seven years. Portage College president Dr.

More than 150 years of farming in Athabasca County will be recognized on Nov. 12 at the Agriplex.

Shandayah Casselman was dressed as Capt. Jack Sparrow during the Whispering Hills Primary School Halloween parade.

The Athabasca Play School Association now has a place to call home.

The shovels are in the ground at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex. The sports park project was given the ceremonial green light last Friday when dignitaries and community members came together to recognize the beginning of the monumental project.

Locals had their say on the proposed amendment to land use bylaw 6-2002 at a public meeting hosted by Athabasca County councillors on Oct. 27.

Nearly 100 seniors were on hand for the Athabasca Lions Club's Seniors Harvest Festival last Sunday. The event, held at the seniors drop-in centre, featured some toe-tapping music, dancing, door prizes and a delicious meal put on by the volunteer group. Mary Pidzarko may have looked like a witch, but she was all smiles throughout the event.

The people of Athabasca will soon have another venue at which to purchase locally produced food and goods, with a new community market set to start at the end of November.

“What makes us the same is that we’re all different.” That’s the theme of Down Syndrome Awareness Week (Oct. 31 – Nov. 7) for local support group Blue Genes.