Athabasca News

An Athabasca subdivision and development appeal board hearing was held last Thursday at the Athabasca town office to discuss the proposed construction of a duplex in Cornwall Estates.

With the shutdown of Canada Post as a result of labour issues with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), alternate pick-up locations have been established for Athabasca Advocate subscribers, effective June 21.

Athabasca Mayor Roger Morrill offers his congratulations to the 2011 graduating class of Athabasca University at convocation last Saturday.

Boyle School is trying to educate its students about politics. Gail Mageean, an English and science teacher, accompanied a group of students to see the three candidates for leadership of the provincial Progressive Conservative party last week.

Athabasca RCMP is investigating a fatal single-vehicle collision that closed the overpass over the Highway 55/813 interchange for almost three hours on Saturday.

Boyle village council discussed the possibility of changing user fees at the Boyle Arena at their meeting on June 1.

Alberta Transportation is undertaking a functional planning study to see if a highway bypass would benefit Athabasca.

On Saturday morning a blue Ford Mustang was heading west on Highway 55 and collided with a guardrail on Athabasca’s east hill. The car split in two, and the driver was pronounced dead on the scene. No further information has been released.

Gaige Preston and Meghan Langevin of the Athabasca U6 Crocodiles chase after the ball during the annual Athabasca Soccer Tournament last weekend.

` Boyle’s community food bank has hit the ground running after being granted registered charity status. It’s a move that newly-named general manager Michelle Bulmer hopes will streamline and improve operations of the organization.