Athabasca News

A house fire in Calling Lake left a family of six without a home this Christmas. The fire is believed to have been started by a wood stove.

No injuries were reported in an early-morning fire last Wednesday in Donatville that completely destroyed a local landmark. A fire at the old Donatville service station on Highway 63, resulted in the complete loss of the structure on Dec. 16.

Town of Athabasca councillors passed the 2016 budget in principle with a predicted $1.3 million surplus during last Tuesday’s meeting, significantly earlier than the 2015 budget’s release during April.

Aspen View Public Schools released the conceptual designs of the Athabasca’s new high school on Dec. 12.

The woman who struck and killed a 12-year-old boy on the East Hill this past spring faces a heavy fine and driver’s licence suspension. In Athabasca Provincial Dec.

The debate around Bill 6 issue showed no signs of quieting down at the public hearing in Athabasca last Wednesday. Hundreds of farmers and spectators came to sound off at the meeting at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex on Dec.

The Town of Athabasca and Athabasca County were awarded the inaugural Emergency Management Achievement Award for their leadership and service during last May’s Wabasca wildfire evacuations.

Athabasca University (AU) will need to find an additional $5 million to fend off financial insolvency in two years. Based on earlier projections from AU’s Financial Services department, insolvency was expected in the 2016-2017 financial year.

Northlands Forest Products may purchase the Millar Western Forest Products lumber mill in Boyle. On Dec. 1, Millar Western announced a potential sale of the mill to Fort McMurray-based Northland Forest Products.

The Wildrose Party is speaking out against the provincial government’s decision to legislate farm and ranch work conditions without first consulting farmers.