Athabasca News

One of Athabasca County’s New Year’s resolutions will be to withdraw its membership from the Alberta Energy Corridor (AEC), effective Jan. 1, 2014.

Aspen View Public School Division continued its quest to receive funding for a new secondary school for students in Athabasca by having former Minister of Infrastructure Wayne Drysdale visit EPC last Thursday.

In the wake of the passing of community member Joemarie Villegas “Joe” Tan Dec. 4, Athabascans are showing their support and care for the three young daughters and wife he left behind, as well as sharing their remembrances.

Costs accrued for town councillors attending the 2013 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) conference held last month in Calgary have yet to be approved by council, but will be addressed this evening.

It is perhaps the only festival where you can watch a toga-clad 16-year-old perform a dramatic monologue from Julius Caesar and an eight-year-old play “Für Elise”.

Canadian-Scottish folk group Stramash performed at the Nancy Appleby Theatre last Monday in their premiere performance as a group. Stramash's show marked Heartwood Folk Club's last performance for its fall season. Spencer Murray of Stramash showed his musical chops with more than one wind instrument throughout the night.

The Heartwood Folk Club has announced its spring lineup will feature fresh folk groups that have never performed with the club previously.

Mayor Roger Morrill said he has not seen a council exceed its annual budget for conference expenses for some time, but last month he was surprised to see that happen.

Members of the Athabasca Filipino community have raised $7,200 to help support victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines Nov. 8 and left millions in the country displaced, including the friends and family of at least eight Athabascans.

Three Boyle area farmers are asking Boyle village council to reconsider its motion to decommission an anhydrous ammonia storage tank within village limits.