Athabasca News

The Town of Athabasca will not be taxing local businesses to help fund a new Community Peace Officer (CPO) position. Instead, they will look towards a voluntary cost-sharing process with businesses in the community.

After discussions dating back to 2011 and a referendum held last September, the design process for a new Athabasca swimming pool is moving forward and scheduled to be completed by December.

The smells of sunscreen and barbecued hamburgers filled the air as Boyle ’s third annual Wildberry Festival brought a record turnout.

A standoff in Athabasca’s Cornwall neighbourhood June 29 caused some panic on social media, as residents littered Facebook with questions about authorities not releasing enough information, as well as others sharing too much information that could en

Fifties music, white t-shirts, blue jeans and poodle skirts were in a abundance during the Rochester and District Annual Fair on Aug 8.

Athabasca town councillor Joanne Peckham, council’s appointed representative to the Magnificent River Rats Festival Society, tabled a report critical of this year’s festival during last Tuesday’s town council meeting.

A Canalta Hotel will be coming to Athabasca as part of the Landing Park Development. A development permit for the hotel – along with a John Deere dealership – was approved last Tuesday by the Town of Athabasca.

The Town of Athabasca may be looking to the business community to help fund a new Community Peace Officer (CPO) for the town.

The Alice B. Donahue Library and Archives board has refused to move to the new secondary school site, but Athabasca town council may not agree.

Athabasca RCMP have released more details following an off-highway vehicle rollover on July 25 that left one man dead and another before the courts.