Athabasca News

The Magnificent River Rats Festival is a staple of summer in Athabasca, but without an organizing crew, there would be no festival. “Pretty much the entire executive has retired,” Robin Dosenberg said.

At Athabasca’s centennial dinner in late July, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach announced that Athabasca had received a grant to help complete the Multiplex sports park project.

Over 70 local kids took part in the Athletes In Action soccer camp at Landing Trail Intermediate School in Athabasca last week. Jacob Hayward controls the ball during a scrimmage game.

Centennial Weekend Fire Demonstration

Athabasca received quite a gift at its centennial dinner party last Friday. Premier Ed Stelmach brought word that $600,000 from the Community Facility Enhancement Program would be provided to the Athabasca Regional Multiplex Society.

All hands were on deck for the grand opening of Athabasca University's $30 million academic and research centre.

Folks of all ages had plenty to see and do during last weekend's centennial celebrations. If you were at the riverfront at the right time, you could even see canoeists arrive, just like in the old days.

58 kids took part in the Kids Of Steel event at the 2011 Billy Loutit Despatch Triathlon last weekend. Danton Davis crosses the finish line.

Things are looking up for Barbara Bell after she received a letter from the Safety Codes Council on July 15, which stated the retaining wall built behind her Hees Estates property was actually a decorative wall.

For Boyle RCMP’s Corporal Doug Fossen, getting the chance to meet the royal couple was a good reward for a job well done.