Athabasca News

A slight tax increase is in store for Athabasca County residents this year. Athabasca County council passed their 2015 budget during last Thursday’s meeting with a projected tax rate increase of two per cent.

Le Vent du Nord are coming back to Athabasca to play in the Heartwood concert series. The Quebecois band plays a mixture of traditional folk music and original compositions.

Some dancers in Athabasca will be standing up for the approximately one billion women in the world who are victims of abuse. On Feb.

It’s one of the events on the calendar for everyone in the Village of Boyle. This year’s Valentine’s Day Dance and Show hits the right date – Saturday, Feb. 14 – which is perfect for the family affair. The big event will run from noon until 4 p.m.

Everyone does something while driving that might be distracting themselves from the task at hand.

Continued concerns around the operation of snowmobiles inside town limits has finally reached a point where a stand needs to be taken.

Athabasca’s Madena Reimer is still having a hard time believing that she’s won the “Most Loving Albertan” contest. “Everything was so surreal.

The money keeps rolling in to keep building the Boyle Centennial Walking Trails. This time it was a $5,000 grant from Devon Canada through one of their three community grant programs.

The sudden death of a man found in a field near Athabasca is the subject of an investigation by RCMP.

Although it has been discussed at length this past fall, the 2015 budget for Athabasca County was not approved last week.