Athabasca News

Edwin Parr Composite School (EPC) is sending two one-act plays to provincials for the first time in Bruce MacDonald’s two-decade teaching career. Provincials take place May 8–10. in Red Deer, where EPC will send 21 students to perform.

The night before announcing his retirement as Alberta’s NDP leader, Brian Mason told Athabascans two bills before the legislature threaten pensions not only for public sector employees, but private sector employees as well.

Alberta Health has announced funding for nine new Family Care Clinic (FCC) locations in the province; Athabasca is not one of them.

Bacterial infections account for 80 per cent of infections in the general population; Dr.

Brian Popowich performs with (l-r) Kira Holt, Nicole Wintonyk and Cindi Sawchuk during the 39th annual Athabasca Ukrainian Folk Dance Club year-end concert last Saturday. Popowich was recognized that evening for his 21 years with the club.

The Visitor Information Centre (VIC) will be run out of the old train station for the summer of 2014.

A coalition of concerned groups led by the Keepers of the Athabasca watershed protection organization is doing its own testing of sediment in the Athabasca River.

The Athabasca Pottery Club is hosting its annual show and sale this Saturday at the Athabasca Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, and everything from a panda bear piggy bank to padded clay eyeglass holders will be on display or for sale.

Following the receipt of Athabasca County’s 2014 assessment, county council has dropped the county’s tax rate by 1.8 per cent.

The Alberta Opera will be performing Aladdin at Boyle School on April 30. The event is closed to the public, but teacher Debby Delage explained it will be a great experience for the students.