Athabasca News

Three years of work culminated in a very special day at Athabasca’s riverfront park over the weekend. Over 500 people from across the town and county came together Saturday for the final installment of Athabasca’s centennial celebrations.

Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries (Al-Pac) celebrated the international year of forests with an open house event on Saturday. Kendra and Brandon Allers show off the new poplar trees they received from Al-Pac staff.

Two weeks after the implementation of Alberta’s new distracted driving legislation, police in Boyle are favouring education over enforcement for the time being.

Labour Day Weekend in Athabasca was all about fiddles. The 33rd annual Harvest Gold Old Time Fiddle contest drew hundreds of people to the Regional Multiplex Sunday afternoon.

A local girl was hit on the head with a heavy rock at the Rotary Spray Park yesterday, after an unidentified vandal stuffed the water buckets with chunks of asphalt.

The Smith-Hondo Fall Fair and Rodeo was a big hit last weekend. The chariot races attracted lots of fans as did the rodeo events.

A full text version of the controversial kennel bylaw passed by Athabasca County councillors at their meeting on August 25. https://www.athabascaadvocate.com/pdf/ath/CountyBylaw.

Boyle School is without an extracurricular bus. On the first day of school the bus failed to pass inspection and was put out of commission. With the volleyball season approaching, the teams currently have no means of transportation to away games.