Athabasca News

With cuts to one of its integral grants, the Magnificent River Rats Festival Society is asking municipalities for an increase in financial support for the 2017 event.

Like the contents in a septic tank, a proposed temporary camping bylaw for Athabasca has gone down the tubes after being defeated by council. At the Nov.

The Town of Athabasca has filed an application to Court of Queen’s Bench to disqualify and remove two of its councillors. The town filed the application on Nov. 18.

The Town of Athabasca’s council is more divided than ever following a special meeting to decide its next steps to hire a chief administrative officer and a subsequent regular council meeting.

Aspen View Public Schools will be making a push to incorporate solar energy into the new Edwin Parr Composite secondary school project. The push began on Oct.

Although it began its path as a “divisive” issue, the Olds Aquatic Centre has helped keep businesses and people in town.

After three years without a pool, the Barrhead region is just about ready to dive into their new aquatic centre.

The results are in from the Athabasca Advocate 's pool survey, conducted in October. The majority of respondents said they want amenities like a water slide, lazy river and fitness centre in the new aquatic facility, and 87.

The local physician recruitment and retention committee may dissolve after a doctor who received a bursary from them will not be coming to the Town of Athabasca. Coun.

Twenty years after the original riverfront plan was unveiled to the community, Athabasca's Riverfront Design Review Committee invited residents to see its new plans for the project's next phase.