Athabasca News

Until four years ago, a piece of land tied the children of three business partners together.

Did you know that about 500 people attended the Athabasca post office’s 1955 grand opening? Or that the shed of 49th Street house that belonged to Charles Nancekivell was once the town mortuary? Athabasca University historian Greg Johnson and a team

The Town of Athabasca’s council will wait until Sept. 15 to talk further about the recommendations that came out of the municipal inspection report. At council’s Sept.

Could the valves and the buttons of Edwin Parr Composite School’s musical instruments be put to students fingers once again? Aspen View Public Schools superintendent Mark Francis said yes, it is possible.

Extendicare is sure getting up there. The nursing home celebrated its 50th birthday on Sept. 8, in conjunction with the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees’ first Grandparents’ Day in Athabasca.

This year’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event Sept. 8 was a top earner in the walk’s seven years.

Cell service might have gone dark for a few hours in Athabasca Sept. 6, but don’t blame the sun. A forecaster with Space Weather Canada said it was “obviously not” the two solar flares that occurred in the morning of Sept.

Town of Athabasca will be getting its own community peace officer (CPO) after council shot down administration’s recommendation to contract services from Athabasca County. At their Aug.

On June 5, 2012, the Town of Athabasca’s council passed a motion asking that the Ministry of Municipal Affairs conduct a municipal corporate review.

An inspection on the Nancy Appleby Theatre and surrounding buildings shows repairs are in much greater need than previously thought.