Athabasca News

Aspen View School Division has hired a new associate superintendent, with Karen Penney set to take over the position effective Jan. 7, 2019.

A historian from Smith was one of three recipients of the outstanding achievement award handed out Oct. 26 during the Heritage Awards ceremonies at Edmonton Place. Sheila Willis was nominated by the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River.

Ashley Travis Cardinal has been a long-time resident of Calling Lake. In an impassioned speech about youth, addiction, family and acceptance, he reached out to his community at a meeting Nov. 6, in the Calling Lake Community Complex.

Athabasca service providers will be conducting a survey for a few more days to track rural homelessness in the community and across the province.

A long journey for a pair of families from the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing with a positive turn in Athabasca that includes new friends, a welcoming community and a business endeavour.

For months, the Rotary Club of Athabasca has promoted their 2018 Celebrity Dinner and the return of “Hometown Boy” Jay Onrait with a sign on Highway 2 at the town limits. During his keynote Oct.

Tucked away in a corner behind the Old Brick School, Margaret Anderson is settling into a new role that entails her carrying the fonds once held by the likes of Eileen Hendy, Marilyn Mol and Gina Payzant. On Oct.

The Athabasca Regional Victim Services Society is in danger of folding after the Alberta’s department of Justice and Solicitor General denied its annual $130,000 operating grant. In a letter included in the Town of Athabasca’s Oct.

This year’s guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Athabasca’s celebrity dinner and auction Oct. 27 said he is looking forward to visiting his hometown. Jay Onrait, while born Aug.

Academic staff from all over western Canada came to Athabasca Oct. 18-20 for the Western Regional Conference, hosted by Athabasca University Faculty Association.