Athabasca News

A huge budget surplus as well as a new format for budgeting filled up much of the discussion at Athabasca town council’s meeting last Tuesday night.

Yesterday, for the first time in nine years, students at Edwin Parr Composite didn’t see a familiar face sitting in one of the administrative offices.

It’s been no secret the past few years that Athabasca University (AU) has been suffering financially.

A change in the calculation of sewage rates to bring the village more in line with other communities and make the system more fair has begun.

A 45 per cent jump in the number of false alarms RCMP officers responded to in 2014 ended up the most alarming fact of the evening. Athabasca RCMP Staff Sgt.

Officers across northeastern Alberta hit the highways just before the Family Day long weekend with a focus on distracted drivers. RCMP and Integrated Traffic Unit (ITU) officers from Boyle and Athabasca took part in the blitz, which operated Feb.

Edwin Parr Composite School has wrapped up its Teens for Jeans campaign and donated around 700 pairs of jeans to the good cause.

The recent fluctuating weather has not deterred the Athabasca River Runners Snowmobile Club in preparing for their annual rally. Even having to postpone the club’s media promotional rally a few days – moving it from Feb. 6 to Feb.

If you want some input into what the new Athabasca high school, you best be quick about it.

A somewhat sympathetic crowd greeted Alberta’s finance minister to a speaking engagement at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex last Wednesday.