Athabasca News

Businesses are banding together for one night of deals, discounts and Christmas fun on Nov. 29, thanks to the efforts of the Athabasca District Chamber of Commerce.

Dan Fenton spent the past seven years as a constable in Boyle and was recently relocated to central Alberta with his wife, Christina, who is also an RCMP member. Dan and Christina travelled to Boyle last Saturday night to take part in the Boyle RCMP Regimental Ball.

The Alberta government is maintaining the Athabasca River's water is safe, despite the fact that some water quality guidelines were exceeded as far as 40 kilometres downstream from the source of a coal mine slurry spill near Hinton, data released tod

Athabasca’s Lincoln County Oilfield Services co-owners Carrie and Mike Duncan and Darwin Deleeuw have donated a new coach bus to the Athabasca community.

A local watershed group believes the Alberta government is trying to cover up the results of the Obed Mine coal tailing pond spill. On Oct.

While a proposed new school near the Athabasca Regional Multiplex would be a positive addition to his constituency, Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater MLA Jeff Johnson has acknowledged that the creation of such a school could put him in a tricky situation.

Nearly a dozen Athabasca residents with Filipino background have family or friends overseas who were affected by Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the Philippines Nov. 8.

For anyone awaiting the release of Disney's Frozen this month, consider taking in Edwin Parr Composite's production of The Snow Queen this Thursday through Saturday at the Nancy Appleby Theatre.

Grassland School senior students were drawn to appreciate the act of remembrance when they travelled to France and Italy this past summer. The group left June 27 for 12 days, according to teacher Natasha Gillman-Oltmanns.

Alberta Enterprise and Advanced Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk announced last Wednesday the Alberta government is allocating an extra $50 million to Campus Alberta institutions, which means Athabasca University is on the list.