Athabasca News

Aah, google maps. Sometimes I think you’re trying to kill me.

Athabasca County council is taking their Canada Post concerns from the administrative side to the political after discussing a Canada Post employee’s “noncommittal answer” during their July 20 council meeting. Coun.

Athabasca County council passed a new prohibited animal bylaw, which prohibits the ownership of wild boars within Athabasca County boundaries. The bylaw’s first reading took place Dec.

Athabasca RCMP are seeking information after a series of break and enters and property thefts from businesses located in the 53 Street industrial park.

The orange tabby cat snuck stealthily into the bomb shelter pantry for weeks on end, gradually working away at the stash of rations. It was only found weeks later, when the stash of rations was gone.

Seventy-nine millimetres. That's how much rain fell on Athabasca and the surrounding area in June. That's also how much rain fell on the region in less than 24 hours on July 24.

As Athabasca and surrounding areas are still grappling with a particularly wet summer, our neighbouring province to the west is under siege of wildfire.

Athabasca’s 4-H Beef Club gathered for their awards night June 24. As family, friends and sponsors enjoyed a beef dinner at the Athabasca Seniors Drop-In Centre, 4-Hers took home prizes for their year of hard work.

If someone calls to suggest you commit a crime, Judge John Maher has a simple solution: “Just hang up.

Any chills that ran through the audience watching this month’s performances of The Drowsy Chaperone may have come from more than a good show.