Athabasca News

The descendants of Billy Loutit and Athabasca community representatives ran side-by-side July 28-29 to honour the local Métis hero’s journey between Athabasca and Edmonton.

Town of Athabasca councillors started a round of applause at their July 17 meeting after reading a letter from Alberta Municipal Affairs stating the inspection file into the municipality was officially closed.

Aspen View Public Schools announced July 19 it was hiring a new contractor to handle 31 bus routes throughout previously operated by First Student in Athabasca, Boyle, Grassland and Thorhild. Fort McMurray-based Sparksman Transportation Ltd.

Athabasca County sought to “reset” parts of its troubled land use bylaw (LUB) and Municipal Development Plan (MDP) with a series of public workshops July 13-15.

Redwater RCMP have charged the driver of a semi-tractor involved in a collision with a Thorhild school bus that claimed the life of student Maisie Watkinson.

It has been 114 years since a Métis Hudson's Bay employee, Billy Loutit, ran from Athabaska Landing to Fort Edmonton to deliver the message about an impending flood.

Aspen View Public Schools is seeking bids for a contract to run approximately half of the division's school bus routes.

With riotous and rewarding reminiscence, the people of Grassland and area gathered to celebrate their history and home with a centennial homecoming June 29-July 1.

Athabasca County, the Town of Athabasca and the Village of Boyle are jointly calling for work to be done on Highway 55 between Highway 2 and Highway 63.

The Town of Athabasca's strategic planning process went well and had a notably high level of public engagement, according to consulting firm Transitional Solutions.