Athabasca News

Sometime between the hours of 6 p.m. on March 11 and 9:30 a.m. on March 12, the Wandering River transfer site was broken into.

Twenty-two orphaned children touring Canada with a show called “Beautiful Africa: A New Generation” will stop in Athabasca this Friday at 7 p.m. at the Nancy Appleby Theatre, where admission is by donation.

Tots Taylor Brown and Paityn Franzen (behind the balloon) enjoy their balloons at the end of the Athabasca Figure Skating Club's annual carnival last Sunday at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex. This year, the carnival was called "Hijacked Fairytales " and followed the misadventures of a boy named Jack while he helped out old-fashioned fairytale characters to a modern soundtrack — and with a modern twist.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Relief Society is holding a drive in Athabasca on March 15 from 1-3 p.m. for Hope Haven Women’s Shelter, which is located in Lac La Biche but serves a wide region.

Musicians of all ages and abilities will invade Athabasca this week and the next from all over Athabasca County and surrounding area. The 41st annual Athabasca and District Music Festival runs March 12–20. It begins at 9 a.m.

A new study released by Environment Canada has found that oilsands tailings ponds are leaking into the Athabasca River, but being upstream of the leaks, Athabasca County water is not at risk, according to the local water services commission.

The Alice B. Donahue Library board has decided it would not be opposed to joining forces with Aspen View Public School Division in the construction of a new municipal library inside Athabasca’s new secondary school.

Alberta’s Progressive Conservative government released its budget last Thursday, and although the budget projects a surplus of $1.1 billion, its detractors cite borrowing ($5.

Rolling nighttime highway closures begin tonight as an extra-wide load is transported from Lloydminster to Fort McMurray. The load will use both lanes of traffic on non-twinned highways, as well as the shoulders.

Drivers using stretches of Highway 63 in Athabasca County and beyond can expect rolling closures and delays tomorrow afternoon until 5 p.m. or so while a super-wide load completes a leg of its trip from Edmonton to Fort McMurray.