Athabasca News

Orange Shirt Day is a national day of remembrance for the Indigenous people who lost their lives or survived residential schools and takes place on Sept. 30.

Athabasca University is celebrating an online milestone this year. AU president Dr. Neil Fassina is proud of the online Master of Business Administration that AU offers and has offered for the past quarter century.

Emergency responders attended to a two-vehicle collision at 8:20 p.m. Oct. 5 at the intersection of Highway 55 and 34 Street at the top of Athabasca's east hill.

A 30-year-old Athabasca man was sentenced to 120 days in prison after he was convicted of Theft of a Motor Vehicle and swearing at the court Sept. 30 in an Athabasca Provincial Courtroom.

Thursday, Oct. 3 Day: Mainly sunny. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h this morning. High 12. Wind chill minus 4 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate. Night: Increasing cloudiness early this evening.

Breakfast Club of Canada, a nonprofit that aids schools in ensuring students have a healthy breakfast every school day , does so regardless of provincial funding for breakfast programs.

RCMP are looking for three suspects following a robbery at the Bison Store in Saddle Lake Cree Nation today. The suspects left before police arrived on scene.

An Okotoks-area man who had all of his charges dropped in a shooting incident while defending his home from a prowler, is being sued by the individual who rummaged through his car.

Foothills County council raised concerns that the provincial government’s intent to download police funding to municipalities would negatively impact rural communities.

A shooting at CrossIron Mills mall Sept. 16 drew a heavy police presence to the mall’s southeast parking lot, outside SilverCity. At a press conference the following morning, Insp.