Athabasca News

Fire crews battled the flames of a wildfire near Atmore on April 18

Half the town's office staff has left due to an alleged stressful work environment amidst a lack of formal action regarding a laundry list of complaints against the Town of Athabasca's chief administrative officer. A document dated Jan.

It is Fox Creek versus the hospitality industry, and local municipalities are not on Fox Creekís side.

It was a tough year financially for the Athabasca and District Chamber of Commerce. Almost all of last yearís seven events were financial losses, chamber treasurer Christine Jensen said at the annual general meeting on April 13.

Athabasca RCMP are asking for assistance in locating a vehicle stolen from Koch Ford during the early hours of the morning.

After several weeks away from town chambers, The Town of Athabascaís council reunited on April 5 and voted in favour of increasing the tax rate by two per cent. Coun. Tanu Evans made the motion for the increase.

Aspen View Public School Board will be opening the tender bid envelopes on April 18 to decide which contracting company will build Athabasca's new secondary school.

Layoffs are an option for Athabasca University as the Board of Governors reworks the budget, according to the university's president.

Just over a month after it was started, the petition to get Municipal Affairs to conduct an inquiry into the Town of Athabasca's administration and council has been handed over to the province with 840 signatures.

Albertaís Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir met with community and social services groups in Athabasca last Tuesday to discuss issues facing the community.