Athabasca News

Despite four hours of firefighting effort, a home in Athabasca County on Highway 663 is unsalvageable after a Jan. 24 fire. Nobody was in the house at the time of the fire, according to Athabasca County regional fire co-ordinator Steve Hamilton.

Town of Athabasca council has decided to complete 49th Street infrastructure replacements all the way to the riverfront this summer, instead of doing work on 50th Street.

The Town of Athabasca has struck a new committee to deal with one of the town’s least sexy – but most important – budget line items. During their Jan.

Athabasca County’s water, sewer and cemetery plot fees are all on the rise. At their Jan. 25 meeting, council voted unanimously in favour of a motion by Coun. Dwayne Rawson to raise its water and sewage rates.

Athabasca County council approved the purchase of four new graders for a total of $1.7 million during their Jan. 9 meeting.

Athabascans seeking relief from damages caused by floodwaters July 24 have an opportunity to receive provincial funding.

The search is on for the fireball that streaked across Albertan skies Jan. 17, visible from Athabasca and around the province’s north. Reports of a meteor came in around 5:30 p.m. Jan.

Most people would see the winter scene, call it pretty and keep driving. But Pirkko Karvonen looks upon the golden of stubble of leftover crops poking up through the blanket of snow, and resolves to recreate it with the loom.

The Athabasca Regional Multiplex Society board of directors turned down the idea of having free drop-in programming hours on Family Day during their Jan. 15 meeting.

The Boyle Youth Centre’s future could be in question, unless more community members step up to direct it.