Athabasca News

Canadian rock legend Tom Cochrane and Red Rider expanded the Athabasca Regional Multiplex with energy April 28. About 750 people from Athabasca and surrounding areas attended the show, which was opened by country-folk group Nice Horse.

Discussions between the province and the Athabasca Golf and Country Club about the new bridge and a potential land sale are set to start again.

“He was very humble… he didn’t think he’d done anything too much,” says 78-year-old Athabasca County resident Ardith Haub. Haub sits at her kitchen table in her home 15 miles northwest of Athabasca.

The Town of Athabasca will resume its search for a permanent chief administrative officer (CAO) after three months of relative silence on the issue in council.

The new Parent Link “Partners in Time” program is bridging the gap between generations, putting smiles on the faces of young and old alike.

Runners won’t be crossing the inaugural Athabaska Ultra 100 marathon finish line until 2018.

After a two-week delay, the Town of Athabasca’s council has passed their operating and capital budget during their April 18 meeting. Coun. Tanu Evans made the motion to approve the 2017 operating budget, which is a balanced budget of $8.

The Alice B. Donahue Library board and the Athabasca Regional Multiplex Society (ARMS) are in negotiations after Athabasca’s town and county councils discussed how the society was looking to nearly double the library’s facility “usage fee.

Those who donated to the new Boyle and District Seniors Drop-In Centre were thanked for their support at a dinner and comedy event March 31 in the new $1.5 million facility.

As the 100-year anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge approaches, 83-year-old Athabasca resident Alice Eherer treasures a precious 49-year-old photograph containing a local connection to the historic event.