Athabasca News

Athabasca could be getting a country music show of a lifetime this April, but it needs the community support in order for that to happen.

Athabasca joined the tide of communities across Canada remembering the victims of the Jan. 29 Quebec mosque shooting at a candlelit ceremony on Sunday at the Athabasca United Church. Athabasca United Church Rev.

On the morning of Feb. 2, Athabasca RCMP received a report that a number of mailboxes at Sunset Beach were broken into. Cpl. Dale Bereza said at this time there are no suspects or witnesses, but RCMP are waiting on video footage of the area.

Growing up in rural Alberta, Lynsay Spafford never thought she’d ever be attending a major international environmental and earth science conference during her undergraduate in California, let alone being recognized as one of the top student presenter

Athabasca RCMP reported that on Jan. 27 an hour before midnight, a man was robbed of his truck in Calling Lake at imitation gunpoint. Speaking to media Feb. 2, Cpl.

While it may seem the fentanyl crisis is far-removed from Athabasca, Alberta Health Services says awareness is key to combatting the highly addictive drug that has taken hundreds of Albertan lives.

After a year of planning, development and tweaking, the Town of Athabasca has a brand new online face. On Jan. 31, the town officially launched its new website at athabasca.ca, replacing the old site that had existed for more than four years.

Athabasca County is planning for its first municipal tax increase in three years, but council decided to keep it at two per cent during a Jan. 10 budget and finance committee meeting.

Concerns about the pool project were brought forward to Athabasca County council on Jan. 10 by the Athabasca Concerned Citizen Committee.

With a wink to the crowd, a slight bend at the knee and a ceremonious change into the royal blue presidential robes, Dr. Neil Fassina was installed as the eighth president of Athabasca University on Jan. 11.