Athabasca News

Verbal daggers were thrown inside Athabasca’s Nancy Appleby Theatre Monday night during a provincial candidates forum.

BlackPearl Resources Inc. is seeking regulatory approval for a steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil recovery project 50 kilometres northwest of Wandering River.

The Alberta Energy Corridor (AEC) has a new executive director; Jeri Romaniuk. The AEC is an agency that is funded by industry and government to help economic development in the Athabasca, Boyle, and Wandering River area.

With the provincial election campaign underway, the Alberta Liberal Party has entered a candidate in Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, and his name is Gino Akbari. A resident of Edmonton, Akbari is making his first attempt at running for political office.

Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater New Democratic Party candidate Mandy Melnyk and Wildrose candidate Travis Olson both agree that public institutions donating to a political party is wrong.

The Wildrose Party circulated a ‘robo-call’ — a pre-recorded automated mass phone message — to Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater constituents last Wednesday after CBC reported that Athabasca University made illegal donations to the Progressive Conservative

Major renovations will take place this fall at the Athabasca Healthcare Centre after a $650,000 investment from the Government of Alberta was received. “Thanks to (Minister of Health and Wellness) Mr.

Athabasca University, as well as Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater MLA and Minister of Infrastructure Jeff Johnson, are defending themselves against accusations released in a CBC article last week that outs AU for donating $10,000 to the Progressive Conser

Local music lovers received a treat on Sunday night with a performance by Madison Violet. Lisa MacIsaac (left) and Brenley MacEachern played at the Nancy Appleby Theatre as part of the Heartwood Folk Club's spring lineup.

Athabasca residents had the opportunity to have dinner with two provincial Ministers last weekend.