Athabasca News

Athabasca County council has voted to request their counterparts in the Town of Athabasca to review the appointment of the town’s member of the Tourism and Economic Development (TED) committee after an alleged incident at a committee meeting Aug. 17.

The Athabasca District Chamber of Commerce has released the nominations for Athabasca’s finest businesses and entrepreneurs for the fourth annual Business Awards Gala.

A man who was charged with second-degree murder after the death of his cousin in Rochester is scheduled to appear in St. Albert Provincial Court on Sept. 23 for sentencing.

Athabasca University’s new president is NAIT provost and vice-president academic Neil Fassina, set to take the post on Oct. 11.

Athabasca mother Jessica Dicks let her instinct guide her as her body went into overdrive, leaping into the path of a falling tree as it threatened to land on a tent where her children were inside playing.

Those cool cats in the SwingCats Orchestra played their hearts out at the Big Band Bash Saturday night at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex. And after weeks of practice, it was their debut concert in front of an audience for some.

A special Town of Athabasca council meeting held just after noon on Aug. 15 ended with the appointment of an interim chief administrative officer.

Athabasca has found themselves a new overseer of the archives with the hiring of former Landing Trail Intermediate School teacher Gina Payzant on Aug. 3. “I’m extremely excited,” Payzant said.

After a countdown from three, the people in the Tipton’s Independent parking lot could hear two things, a tearing of wax strips, followed almost immediately by a 22 men-in-pain choir.

Athabasca University has hired a new president of the institution, Neil Fassina. Fassina comes to Athabasca with a background in human resources and organizational psychology as well as business experience at several post-secondary institutions.