Athabasca News

Once again the Athabasca River is under a high stream flow advisory. Carrie Sancartier from Alberta Environment said the river is expected to rise, but doesn’t know how much.

For the students at Grassland School, Boyle School and Edwin Parr Composite, years of hard work paid off in full last weekend. All three local schools held their graduation ceremonies on Saturday.

If you missed the 2011 Athabasca Parade, you may be the only one. The streets of the town were packed with onlookers for the event on July 2.

Barbara Bell has been circulating letters and information for quite some time now, and on July 13, she will be hosting a meeting at the Multiplex at 7 p.m.

The article ‘River Rats Festival this weekend’ on the front page of this week’s Advocate contained an error. The article stated that the event’s opening ceremonies were scheduled for Saturday morning. They will in fact be held Friday morning.

A luminary sits in front of the message of hope at the Relay For Life in Athabasca last Friday. 210 participants walked and ran laps around Athabasca University and the track at the Multiplex for 12 hours to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Regular delivery to Athabasca Advocate subscribers resumes this week, after federal back-to-work legislation became law Sunday, ending the Canada Post lockout and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers strike that preceded it.

The establishment of a new museum featuring items from the 120 year existence of Athabasca’s All Saints Anglican Church will help connect present parishioners with those that came before them.

River’s Edge Campground closed last week on June 23, at 6:00 a.m. because Alberta Transportation bought the property.

The Boyle Fire Department is under Joshua Anderson’s care after the Boyle council appointed him fire chief last Tuesday.