Athabasca News

Athabasca Countyís operating and capital budgets were unanimously passed at the Jan. 8 council meeting, highlighted by a report from county administrator Gary Buchanan.

Athabasca County wants to meet with Alberta Transportation to discuss their local projects, including the truck bypass around the Town of Athabasca and the new bridge crossing of the Athabasca River.

Two vehicles collided at the bottom of the east hill in Athabasca at approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday as traffic attempted to navigate around a semi truck stopped at the side of Highway 55 eastbound.

Highway 63 will remain closed into the day Friday after it was shut down early Thursday night. ìCurrent weather conditions are very unfavorable and travel is still not recommended,î said a press release from Cst.

Highways 63 and 881 to Fort McMurray were both closed Thursday night due to extreme weather and related collisions. The highways will remain closed until Friday morning at 8 a.m. when road conditions will be reassessed by Alberta Transportation.

Danielle Knopp focuses as she hurls the rock during the Athabasca Curling Club's annual mixed bonspiel last weekend. Local and visiting teams spent the weekend competing on the ice and enjoying themselves off of it.

An information session shed some light on the future of the Alice B. Donahue Library last Tuesday.

Accidents caused by drunk drivers continue to claim lives in Canada, and that ís not going to change until the penalties for doing so become more severe.

Athabasca County administration is standing by their decision to serve $100 tickets for noise violation to both Sammyís Pet Boarding and Second Chance Animal Rescue Society (SCARS) last month. The tickets, reported on in the Jan.

Issac Allen, 3, crowned himself king of the snowy hill during some wintry fun at Landing Trail Intermediate School last weekend. A number of kids were out to enjoy the weather of the season.