Athabasca News

Get your swimsuits ready, Athabasca. At a joint meeting June 7, the councils from Athabasca County and Town of Athabasca voted to accept a $15,295,000 bid to build the new pool facility.

Get your swimsuits ready, Athabasca. The town and county have cleared the hurdle to building a new pool facility.

Participants of the Athabasca Mentorship Program exchanged letters and said their goodbyes during the annual wrap-up luncheon and celebration June 1 at the Athabasca Seniors Drop-In Centre.

The Drowsy Chaperone went from a stag party gift to a Broadway hit – and saw its most recent incarnation at Athabasca’s Nancy Appleby Theatre.

The municipal inspection report detailing the affairs of the Town of Athabasca has been completed and submitted to Alberta Municipal Affairs.

The Town of Athabasca's Policy 300-014 has emerged again as a “thorn” in council's backside, after former community peace officer Shaun Woloschuk was fired May 18.

Construction bids for the new pool project were unveiled June 1 in a public opening, and go up from the last estimated cost of $15.3 million. Chair of the now defunct pool committee, Rob Balay, said he was a little surprised by the bid amounts.

Athabasca University’s financial position is looking more positive.

The Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater electoral district is among four districts in Alberta’s northeast that could be consolidated into three, as recommended in the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission interim report released last week.

Another generation of young people rode off into the sunset of their futures May 27 during Edwin Parr School’s 2017 graduation ceremonies at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex.