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As town council moves further into budget deliberations, they discussed how to incorporate public feedback at the Feb. 7 council meeting. Following a motion to hold the second 2017 budget meeting on Feb.

As 87-year-old Doug Harper sat holding his championship belt, he struggled to put into words how it felt to have his accomplishments recognized and etched into Canadian boxing history. “It's hard to describe this,” Harper said.

Members of the Long and Narrow Lakes Stewardship Society (LNLSS) are one step closer to keeping light from polluting the starry skies within the area.

Approximately 2,100 FortisAlberta customers in the Athabasca area lost power Feb. 6 as the company's power line technicians worked to repair an equipment malfunction at a substation in Colinton.

Whispering Hills Primary School completed its annual Jump Rope for Heart campaign Feb. 3, raising money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation and encouraging its students to live healthy lifestyles.

Athabasca could be getting a country music show of a lifetime this April, but it needs the community support in order for that to happen.

Athabasca joined the tide of communities across Canada remembering the victims of the Jan. 29 Quebec mosque shooting at a candlelit ceremony on Sunday at the Athabasca United Church. Athabasca United Church Rev.

On the morning of Feb. 2, Athabasca RCMP received a report that a number of mailboxes at Sunset Beach were broken into. Cpl. Dale Bereza said at this time there are no suspects or witnesses, but RCMP are waiting on video footage of the area.

Growing up in rural Alberta, Lynsay Spafford never thought she’d ever be attending a major international environmental and earth science conference during her undergraduate in California, let alone being recognized as one of the top student presenter