Athabasca News

After Athabasca county council passed a controversial new kennel bylaw on August 25, effectively regulating all commercial facilities that house dogs, the opponents that voiced their concerns over what they see as “micro management” are weighing thei

The company assigned to design and build a water line stretching 88 kilometres between Boyle and Wandering River will start construction work this week.

A tractor trailer carrying a portable building rolled over just outside of Colinton last Wednesday morning. The accident happened on Highway 827 just south of Township Road 663. Parts of the highway were closed for seven hours. The driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Athabasca County Council passed a proposed kennel bylaw nearly two years after the process began.

Traffic delays on Athabasca’s east hill on Highway 55 will continue for the next two years. The construction of a new intersection and bridge will have traffic backed up until it is complete in October 2013.

On August 25, 2011 Athabasca's A&W restaurant hosted a Cruisin' the Dub fundraiser for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. Over 700 A&Ws participated nationwide to raise money for the cause.

Dr. Roland Treu, associate professor of biology at Athabasca University, explains which mushrooms are edible and which ones aren't. The main message of the evening was that if you are not 100 per cent certain a mushroom is edible, don't eat it.

The first Boyle Wildberry Festival was a big success in the village. Red berry sumo-suited Thomas Weber takes on purple-suited Nolan Gallinger. The pair squared off for a best of three match and Weber took the top prize, with both competitors exhausted from the heat by the end.

The youth alleged to have caused over $25,000 in damage to Landing Trail Intermediate School had his first appearance in court on Monday, August 22.

After some hiccups in the engineering process, Athabasca’s new riverfront development is underway.