Athabasca News

Baptiste Lake gets a new fire hall, while Rochester gets a new fire truck. Wandering River gets First Street paved, and all county residents get rural addressing.

Athabasca County council has agreed in principle to giving the Town of Athabasca membership on its Tourism and Economic Development (TED) committee.

Athabasca’s old brick school is officially “on ice,” as Athabasca County Reeve Doris Splane put it during last Tuesday’s council meeting.

Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. (Al-Pac) may soon be under new ownership.

Strong winds have been wreaking havoc all over northern Alberta, and Athabasca is no exception. Overnight power lines, trees and other debris has been ripped apart and strewn across the town.

(l-r) Quinn Dubie and Bethanie Wagner practise the splits at an Athabasca Flips Gymnastics class. The girls are training for their first-ever competition next month.

Last Thursday, Aspen View Public Schools Division superintendent Brian LeMessurier announced that after 34 years of working for the division, he would be retiring at the end of the school year.

Anyone hoping for protection from a virulent flu strain that has spiked in Alberta in recent weeks is advised to wash their hands, cover their coughs and stay away from public places if they do start to show flu symptoms.

Athabasca Regional Waste Management Services Commission spokesperson Rob Smith announced last Wednesday that the Boyle landfill has closed its class-two cell but is still accepting food waste.

On Feb. 14, people all around the world will be standing up against violence against women — including residents of Athabasca.