Athabasca News

Aspen View Public School Division passed a deficit budget last Thursday, but superintendent Brain LeMessurier said the board is in a good position because of their reserves.

With reports of potentially substantial budget reductions to service providers for persons with developmental disabilities (PDD) throughout the region, MLA Frank Oberle has said the numbers won’t be as severe as first thought.

The Athabasca Dance Society put on a stunning year-end performance this past weekend at the Nancy Appleby Theatre with the three-day production of "Neverland " from May 10-12. (l-r) Amanda King and Kameelah Mroczek perform in the "Mist " dance in the second act of the evening.

An Athabasca University ‘rescue plan’ proposed by the Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA) has been rejected by AU’s board of governors.

Looming budget cuts to the Blue Heron Vocational Training Centre could carve a deep gorge out of local and regional support for persons with developmental disabilities (PDD).

The Town of Athabasca will not be dissolving anytime soon if the current councillors have anything to say about it. When asked if the town council would consider dissolution, councillor Richard Verhaeghe laughed.

A 26 year old Slave Lake man is dead after a passerby discovered a vehicle inverted and submerged in a creek Saturday morning on Highway 44 approximately 6 km south of Highway 2. Slave Lake RCMP responded to a call at approximately 9 a.m. Saturday.

Molly Martin gives her all during the 38th annual Athabasca Ukrainian Folk Dance Club year end performance at the Nancy Appleby Threatre last Saturday.

Athabasca County is concerned for the welfare of Athabasca University in the aftermath of layoffs.

The dissolution of a municipality is a long and complicated process, according to Jerry Ward, a spokesperson for Municipal Affairs.