Athabasca News

Centennial celebrations will take centre stage in Athabasca in 2011.

(l-r) Boyle School students Christian Parsons and Colton Nikipelo shovel snow from a resident's driveway during the heavy snowfall on Dec. 15.

Athabasca town council voted last Tuesday to abandon its affordable housing project. Councillors expressed concern during their meeting last Tuesday that too much time had passed without any decisions made on the project.

Parents who smoke may have to butt out while they’re driving with their children, after Athabasca town council voted in favour of drafting a bylaw that would outlaw the practice.

A man died as the result of a vehicle fire east of Athabasca Dec. 9. Bruce Chester Howse, 43, lost his life when his vehicle went off the road on Hwy 55.

A local program promoting early childhood literacy, which looked set to end because of a funding shortfall, will survive another year.

As Village of Boyle councillor Sam Assaf stood outside a burning house Dec. 12, no one yet knew he was a hero, with one exception: the family he rescued, who were safely by his side. Peering out his front window at 1 a.m.

Support amongst some members of Athabasca town council for the Alberta Energy Corridor (AEC) initiative appears to be waning ahead of a budgetary decision on the town’s participation in the partnership.

A project seven years in the making was finally realized yesterday when the first residents moved into the new Pleasant Valley Lodge.

Jordan Kamprath of the senior boys' Boyle Huskies goes up to shoot a two-pointer during their first tournament game against Lamont in the Boyle Huskies Invitational Basketball Tournament on Friday in Boyle. Lamont won 43-28.