Athabasca News

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.

Nature Alberta, along with Science Outreach — Athabasca and the Athabasca Watershed Council, hosted its Bio Blitz activity June 24 at Athabasca's Riverfront Park, where they showed participants the plants and animals they can find in their own backya

Athabasca County council made changes to their remuneration policies at their June 12 council meeting, which included switching to a new salary-based system starting July 1.

Overwhelmed. That's how Athabascan Jessica Dicks described feeling when she received a Medal of Bravery from the Governor General June 5.

A farm house in Athabasca County was completely destroyed by a fire June 15, according to Athabasca County regional fire-services co-ordinator Steve Hamilton.

In a report to the Town of Athabasca’s council June 5, new pool project manager Dan Chisholm said the pool is set to open February 19, 2019. In his report, said that the project is moving along right on schedule.

Perryvale’s Canada Post dealer has been closed permanently May 18 following a Canada Post investigation. The postal outlet in Perryvale was closed in late March, according to a June 1 statement from Canada Post media relations Sylvie Lapointe.

With a Facebook post, an email to a mailing list and two paragraphs posted on a website, the highly-publicized two-day Athabaska Ultra 100 run has been cancelled.

Aspen View Public Schools is negotiating with bus contractor First Student after discovering some things it was “less than happy with” in its agreements with the contractor, according to Aspen View board of trustees chair Dennis MacNeil.