Athabasca News

While it may seem the fentanyl crisis is far-removed from Athabasca, Alberta Health Services says awareness is key to combatting the highly addictive drug that has taken hundreds of Albertan lives.

After a year of planning, development and tweaking, the Town of Athabasca has a brand new online face. On Jan. 31, the town officially launched its new website at athabasca.ca, replacing the old site that had existed for more than four years.

Athabasca County is planning for its first municipal tax increase in three years, but council decided to keep it at two per cent during a Jan. 10 budget and finance committee meeting.

Concerns about the pool project were brought forward to Athabasca County council on Jan. 10 by the Athabasca Concerned Citizen Committee.

With a wink to the crowd, a slight bend at the knee and a ceremonious change into the royal blue presidential robes, Dr. Neil Fassina was installed as the eighth president of Athabasca University on Jan. 11.

Days before Christmas, Aspen Regional Water Services Commission was left in dire straits when not one but two of the system's pumps broke.

The rhythmic sounds of polka music filled Smith Hall as families broke bread and at celebrated Ukrainian New Year’s together on Jan. 14.

The Town of Athabasca’s council is at a stalemate in the hiring of a new chief administrative officer. The public portion of the Jan. 10 administrative committee meeting ended 15 minutes after starting, when Coun.

While Second Chance Animal Rescue Society (SCARS) Athabasca tends to experience an annual increase of animal intakes over the Christmas holidays, this year was particularly busy.

The Town of Athabasca’s council has filled the positions on committees left vacant by Coun. Nichole Adams after she stepped down from council. At the meeting Jan.