Athabasca News

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.

A 39-year-old Athabasca-area woman was sentenced to two years behind bars after engaging in sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl and must submit a DNA sample and be registered as a sex offender for the next 20 years.

Athabasca County’s potential was on display during the first annual Mayor’s brunch, hosted by the government and industry joint effort of the Alberta Energy Corridor (AEC). The event, held on the morning of Oct.