Athabasca News

A new study released by Environment Canada has found that oilsands tailings ponds are leaking into the Athabasca River, but being upstream of the leaks, Athabasca County water is not at risk, according to the local water services commission.

The Alice B. Donahue Library board has decided it would not be opposed to joining forces with Aspen View Public School Division in the construction of a new municipal library inside Athabasca’s new secondary school.

Alberta’s Progressive Conservative government released its budget last Thursday, and although the budget projects a surplus of $1.1 billion, its detractors cite borrowing ($5.

Rolling nighttime highway closures begin tonight as an extra-wide load is transported from Lloydminster to Fort McMurray. The load will use both lanes of traffic on non-twinned highways, as well as the shoulders.

Drivers using stretches of Highway 63 in Athabasca County and beyond can expect rolling closures and delays tomorrow afternoon until 5 p.m. or so while a super-wide load completes a leg of its trip from Edmonton to Fort McMurray.

Rylan Wagner, 11, gives a demonstration at the annual Athabasca Flips Gymnastics fun meet last Saturday at the Athabasca & District Ag Society grounds. Wagner started out with Flips and now trains in St. Albert and competes provincially.

Lease agreement troubles between Colinton Lanes manager Tracy Blundon and the Colinton Community Club (CCC) have bowlers worried about the future of the facility.

An entire new world can be seen under the magnification of a microscope. Objects previously thought small appear large and full of life. Dr.

Before Plamondon-based author Charmaine Hammond penned any of her nine books, she and her husband, Chris Alcock, adopted a five-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Toby.

Athabasca town councillor Nichole Adams believes that council has misused in-camera sessions of its regular meetings as per Municipal Government Act regulations. An in-camera session is a portion of a meeting that is closed to the public and media.