Athabasca News

Schools in Athabasca donned their pink attire Feb. 27 to mark Pink Shirt Day, doing their part to raise awareness and to help prevent bullying.

A total of 16 participants gathered at the Athabasca Train Station Feb. 12 for the Athabasca Renewable Energy Co-Op's session on biomass energy production — the burning of plant and animal waste materials. Presented by Biomass Energy Techniques Inc.

North central Alberta’s cocaine supply has been stemmed after an RCMP bust Feb. 8-9 that netted Slave Lake’s single largest drug seizure.

A defunct oil well that appears to be Alberta’s first has sprung a methane leak in the Town of Athabasca, according to the Alberta Energy Regulator.

Athabasca RCMP are investigating the broad daylight robbery of the Grand River Saloon, where a man allegedly tried to intervene and was threatened with bear spray. According to an RCMP press release, police responded to the incident at 4:04 p.m.

A water main break was discovered between 42nd and 43rd Street on the Town of Athabasca’s East Hill Feb. 5 at about 10 a.m. In his report to the Town of Athabasca council Feb.

Athabasca University professor Martin Connors is inviting star gazers and space aficionados to the 7 p.m.

The Dart Jitney tournaments continue to happen for the second year at the Athabasca Legion Hall, with the first in 2019, the Blind Draw Doubles, Jan. 19 and a second Feb. 2.

Donations to the new pool and fitness centre are sitting at 60 per cent of the fundraising committee’s total goal of $1,000,000. The committee reached a milestone Jan. 31 when Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

After serving for almost four years, Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater MLA Colin Piquette announced in a statement Feb. 5 that he is bowing out of the race for the NDP nomination in the new Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock riding.