Athabasca News

RCMP officers are looking for information after determining that the death of a 25-year-old woman in the Smith area was a homicide. According to an RCMP press release, members of the Slave Lake detachment responded to a 911 call April 29 at 3:30 p.m.

I have a confession to make: the word “awareness” makes me a little bit sick. Whenever mental health awareness days or weeks – such as last week – come around, it makes me a little bit salty on the inside.

Downtown businesses will soon have incentive to buff their signs to a shine after Town of Athabasca council decided May 2 to support the formation of a downtown revitalization action committee.

The Athabasca Senior's Centre was filled with hunters of all ages as the Athabasca Fish and Game Association (AFGA) held its 49th annual trophy night and supper April 29. “We had a good turnout, ” said AFGA president Brian Rudyk.

Over 100 people gathered in the Boyle Community Centre April 24 to hear presenter and consultant Doug Griffiths speak about building stronger communities.

Members of both Town of Athabasca and Athabasca County councils have been corrected in their assumption that only one of the Athabasca Performing Arts Centre (APAC) buildings are jointly owned. Athabasca County Coun.

Canadian rock legend Tom Cochrane and Red Rider expanded the Athabasca Regional Multiplex with energy April 28. About 750 people from Athabasca and surrounding areas attended the show, which was opened by country-folk group Nice Horse.

Discussions between the province and the Athabasca Golf and Country Club about the new bridge and a potential land sale are set to start again.

“He was very humble… he didn’t think he’d done anything too much,” says 78-year-old Athabasca County resident Ardith Haub. Haub sits at her kitchen table in her home 15 miles northwest of Athabasca.

The Town of Athabasca will resume its search for a permanent chief administrative officer (CAO) after three months of relative silence on the issue in council.