Athabasca News

The 1978 graduates of Edwin Parr Composite School (EPC) reunited and reminisced about their high school days with a 40th anniversary reunion at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 103 Athabasca Aug. 11.

Imperial Oil said it is considering remediation of the former site of its service station in Athabasca after sending a letter April 2017 indicating it would most likely remediate the site as early as 2018.

The 107th Rochester Annual Fair will happen at the Rochester fairgrounds Aug. 11, with activities set throughout the day.

The Keepers of the Athabasca are fundraising for a new tool to highlight how industrial tailings ponds have affected the quality of Athabasca River water.

Aspen View Public Schools superintendent Mark Francis is resigning after accepting a position with another school division. In a Aug.

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.