Athabasca News

After a countdown from three, the people in the Tipton’s Independent parking lot could hear two things, a tearing of wax strips, followed almost immediately by a 22 men-in-pain choir.

Athabasca University has hired a new president of the institution, Neil Fassina. Fassina comes to Athabasca with a background in human resources and organizational psychology as well as business experience at several post-secondary institutions.

After slowly becoming a permanent fixture in the community, the Calling Lake Arts Academy will going into their third year with a couple of fresh ideas.

The Town of Athabasca's council has terminated its contract with chief administrative officer Josh Pyrcz after a vote at a special meeting held Aug. 10 regarding his resignation letter.

A special Town of Athabasca council meeting held just after noon on Aug. 15 ended with the appointment of an interim chief administrative officer.

Faced with receivables dating back to 2005, the Town of Athabasca council voted against writing off $24,924.93 in trade receivables at the last council meeting, held July 19.

As the Boyle Municipal Centre comes closer to completion, the village’s council voted to pay up most of the money they had been holding back from Johnston Builders, the contractors who worked on the building.

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The Athabasca University board of governors passed the 2016/17 budget with a projected $3.3 million deficit, if the provincial government does not cover the shortfall.

The Town of Athabasca is officially on the lookout for a new director of finance now that the interim director has left his position.