Athabasca News

Athabasca RCMP are asking local night owls to keep one eye on mailboxes in their neighbourhoods. A spate of mail thefts in town throughout November has Cst. Luke Lichty concerned about potential identity theft.

meet The Alberta government maintains the Athabasca River’s water is safe to drink, and the Aspen Regional Water Services Commission has begun drawing water from the river again, but a local watershed group is still concerned.

Businesses are banding together for one night of deals, discounts and Christmas fun on Nov. 29, thanks to the efforts of the Athabasca District Chamber of Commerce.

Nearly a dozen Athabasca residents with Filipino background have family or friends overseas who were affected by Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the Philippines Nov. 8.

For anyone awaiting the release of Disney's Frozen this month, consider taking in Edwin Parr Composite's production of The Snow Queen this Thursday through Saturday at the Nancy Appleby Theatre.

Dan Fenton spent the past seven years as a constable in Boyle and was recently relocated to central Alberta with his wife, Christina, who is also an RCMP member. Dan and Christina travelled to Boyle last Saturday night to take part in the Boyle RCMP Regimental Ball.

The Alberta government is maintaining the Athabasca River's water is safe, despite the fact that some water quality guidelines were exceeded as far as 40 kilometres downstream from the source of a coal mine slurry spill near Hinton, data released tod

Athabasca’s Lincoln County Oilfield Services co-owners Carrie and Mike Duncan and Darwin Deleeuw have donated a new coach bus to the Athabasca community.

A local watershed group believes the Alberta government is trying to cover up the results of the Obed Mine coal tailing pond spill. On Oct.

While a proposed new school near the Athabasca Regional Multiplex would be a positive addition to his constituency, Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater MLA Jeff Johnson has acknowledged that the creation of such a school could put him in a tricky situation.