Athabasca News

After slowly becoming a permanent fixture in the community, the Calling Lake Arts Academy will going into their third year with a couple of fresh ideas.

The Town of Athabasca's council has terminated its contract with chief administrative officer Josh Pyrcz after a vote at a special meeting held Aug. 10 regarding his resignation letter.

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

Faced with receivables dating back to 2005, the Town of Athabasca council voted against writing off $24,924.93 in trade receivables at the last council meeting, held July 19.

As the Boyle Municipal Centre comes closer to completion, the village’s council voted to pay up most of the money they had been holding back from Johnston Builders, the contractors who worked on the building.

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The Athabasca University board of governors passed the 2016/17 budget with a projected $3.3 million deficit, if the provincial government does not cover the shortfall.

The Town of Athabasca is officially on the lookout for a new director of finance now that the interim director has left his position.

This week, there were rumblings that the provincial government is looking to replace the iconic Athabasca bridge. But there’s another very interesting story tied in with that – the location of Highway 2.

An “olive branch ” was extended in the Town of Athabasca chambers tonight, July 19, as council voted to rescind previous motions to to disqualify Mayor Roger Morrill and Coun. Tim Verhaeghe from council. At the tail end of the council meeting, Coun.