Athabasca News

The Royal Bank of Canada’s Blue Water Project donated $250,000 to Athabasca University’s Athabasca River Basin Research Institute (ARBRI) in June of last year.

Officials from Elections Alberta may be looking into the constituency of Athabasca-Redwater and the County of Athabasca over potentially illegal political donations made between 2007 and 2011, the Edmonton Journal reported last Friday.

Athabasca residents will have four choices in the Feb. 6 byelection to elect a new town councillor.

A controlled burn of a brushpile fire at the Athabasca Compost Site provided a stark contrast to the wintry weather last Friday. Seen from the right angle, the fire almost appeared to have consumed the Athabasca River Bridge.

For the eighteenth year in a row volunteers from across Athabasca came together for an event that was for the birds. In the mild weather of last Tuesday morning (Dec.

The town of Athabasca now has a dedicated community development and tourism representative in Kathy Wright, after the County of Athabasca decided to pull out of the jointly funded Athabasca Country Tourism.

The Tarrabain family of Lac La Biche is preparing to open a full line Dodge Chrysler Jeep dealership in Athabasca in the New Year.

Members of the Edwin Parr Composite School's alumni team showed the school's senior boys basketball team a thing or two about basketball last Tuesday. On the way to a 101-77 victory, alumni team member Scott Ledieu (right) defends against EPC's Keagan Richardson.

Preliminary work is underway towards the eventual replacement of the Highway 813 bridge over the Athabasca River. Alberta Transportation has selected B.C.-based company Buckland & Taylor Ltd.

Both the Town of Athabasca and Village of Boyle councils have decided that any future talks about regional governance should be open to the public and media. On Nov.