Athabasca News

School fees across the Aspen View Public School Division will be reduced next school year after the board of trustees amended their school fees policy June 22.

Motion passes unanimously to approve contract between town and Robert Jorgensen

Town council voted against running water and sewage utility lines under Athabasca’s coming bridge at their meeting June 20. Coun.

Aspen View Public School board of trustees said their June 16 meeting with Minister of Education David Eggen was “very positive.” “We sat down and had a very candid conversation with him.

Aspen View Public Schools are now are riding a tight deadline to have their courses comply with the province’s new school fees law.

Athabasca County council members are not resting on issues with Canada Post service.

After learning about the price tag that comes along with building utility capabilities under the new Athabasca River bridge, both Athabasca County and Town of Athabasca councillors held off on decisions.

Volunteers are hard at work preparing the grounds for Athabasca’s 21st annual Magnificent River Rats Festival. The festival will kick off June 30 with a performance by the Mikisew Cree Drummers.

The gym at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex was filled with the quiet steps of boots worn by air cadets young and old June 17, as the 230 Athabasca Royal Canadian Air Cadets celebrated their 75th anniversary.

The coal company behind a 2013 wastewater spill into the Athabasca River near Hinton was handed a $4.4-million penalty June 9 in Hinton Provincial Court. Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC, formerly known as Coal Valley Resources Inc.