Athabasca News

Many of close to 60 Athabasca and area residents, who came out last Wednesday to hear about the new secondary school, went away unimpressed. “The process chosen by Aspen View School Division is flawed,” said an attendee.

Motorists may have to drive a bit slower in a couple of Athabasca neighbourhoods soon.

Grassland hosted one of the muddiest events around last Saturday. The second annual Grassland ATV Mud Bogs featured quads competing in a trench of mud for the best distance, to win money and, most of all, bragging rights.

A lone male got away with over $50,000 in cash from an armed robbery Saturday at the New Western Athabasca Inn. Around 2:20 a.m.

The day started with laughter and ended with quite a few tears as the 13th annual Bryan Mudryk Golf Classic finished for another year.

Cheers and a few tears filled the Athabasca Regional Multiplex last week as over 1,000 students graduated convocated from Athabasca University.

Fire crews were divided Monday afternoon, as three fires simultaneously swept through Athabasca County. On June 8 at 5 p.m., crews were battling blazes and heavy winds in Pine Creek, Colinton and Meanook.

Deerland Equipment is shooting for September to finish the first stage of the Landing Park Development. This story started around 2013, when Brett Yakimetz and Dave Austin from Deerland bought land just east of Athabasca.

Unions representing Athabasca University (AU) staff have slammed the AU Sustainability Taskforce report released on June 1 that examined sustainability options for the university.

Aspen View Public Schools’ (AVPS) new secondary school and the Athabasca Regional Multiplex will likely be situated in a campus-style environment once the school is built.