Athabasca News

Athabasca’s annual Moonlight Madness lived up to its title Friday night as hundreds of residents packed 49th and 50th street to take in the parade, fireworks and lighting of the Christmas lights on the riverfront.

(l-r) Marie (Sarah Johnson) sips champagne while arm-in-arm with her fiance Saunders (Vincent Major), while her uncle Zangler (Zakk MacDonald), a hot-headed grocery store owner, takes a break from going ballistic as he enjoys the company of his own fiance, Madame Knorr (Michaela Summers) in On the Razzle. The 19th Century Austrian farce was performed last Friday and Saturday in the Nancy Appleby Theatre by the Edwin Parr Composite School drama department, and will show again this weekend.

Coyotes are roaming the streets and parks of Boyle in search of food, with residents being warned to lock up their trashcans and not leave food scraps lying around in a bid by village authorities to discourage scavenging before Fish and Wildlife offi

The Aspen View Regional Public School Division board approved the 2010-2011 school year budget at its Nov. 18 regular meeting. and as reported in last week’s Advocate, the school division will run a deficit for the second year in a row.

Athabasca and area residents know it’s getting close to Christmas when they hear these two words: Moonlight Madness.

Athabasca air cadet Chris Lapierre (l) helps women's Air Force veteran Dorothy Lane place a wreath in honour of all mothers at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex last Thursday.

The new Heavy Equipment Operation training pilot project Portage College implemented in late October isn’t just going to benefit the college and its students.

What used to be home to games of hide and seek, endless hours of fun and excitement for elementary school students (and the cause of several bumps and bruises) is now an empty, grassy piece of land, devoid of children’s laughter at Landing Trail Inte

Athabasca County chose a tentative route for the Aspen Regional Water System pipeline extension that will run from Boyle, up the Highway 63 Corridor to Wandering River, after meeting with engineers and Alberta Transportation officials in Edmonton on

Debbie and Richard Popovich bring the house down in a storming performance of the Old West Tribute Show at the Athabasca Seniors Centre on Nov. 3. The Popviches played 1920s hits including 'Ain't She Sweet' and 'Has Anyone Seen My Girl', followed by a performance of wartime singer Vera Lynn's 'Keep on Smiling.'