Athabasca News

Athabasca Mayor Roger Morrill offers his congratulations to the 2011 graduating class of Athabasca University at convocation last Saturday.

Boyle School is trying to educate its students about politics. Gail Mageean, an English and science teacher, accompanied a group of students to see the three candidates for leadership of the provincial Progressive Conservative party last week.

Athabasca RCMP is investigating a fatal single-vehicle collision that closed the overpass over the Highway 55/813 interchange for almost three hours on Saturday.

Boyle village council discussed the possibility of changing user fees at the Boyle Arena at their meeting on June 1.

Alberta Transportation is undertaking a functional planning study to see if a highway bypass would benefit Athabasca.

On Saturday morning a blue Ford Mustang was heading west on Highway 55 and collided with a guardrail on Athabasca’s east hill. The car split in two, and the driver was pronounced dead on the scene. No further information has been released.

Gaige Preston and Meghan Langevin of the Athabasca U6 Crocodiles chase after the ball during the annual Athabasca Soccer Tournament last weekend.

` Boyle’s community food bank has hit the ground running after being granted registered charity status. It’s a move that newly-named general manager Michelle Bulmer hopes will streamline and improve operations of the organization.

Rotating strikes by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) continued in Montreal Monday, following similar walkouts last week in Winnipeg and Hamilton.

After playing host to over 1,500 Slave Lake evacuees, the Mulitplex will be ready to go for Athabasca University’s convocation this weekend.