Athabasca News

Rotating strikes by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) continued in Montreal Monday, following similar walkouts last week in Winnipeg and Hamilton.

After playing host to over 1,500 Slave Lake evacuees, the Mulitplex will be ready to go for Athabasca University’s convocation this weekend.

Gabriel Verhaeghe sits behind the wheel of a fire truck during the Athabasca Fire Department's centennial open house event last weekend.

Displaced residents from Slave Lake are now able to return home and pick up the pieces they were forced to leave behind.

A clean village is a happy village. Thanks to the collaborative effort of local volunteers, council members and organizer Marilyn Meichel, Boyle’s clean-up day was a rousing and fruitful success.

A call for volunteers has been issued by government officials to help move the vast amount of donations that have flooded into the Athabasca Regional Multiplex during the Slave Lake wildfire tragedy.

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach speaks to Slave Lake evacuees while visiting the temporary shelter at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex last week.

The Athabasca Multiplex has been a buzz of activity since the Slave Lake evacuation, and two notable politicians saw that for themselves last weekend.

Fort McMurray-Athabasca MP Brian Jean visited the Regional Multiplex Saturday afternoon. During his travels throughout the region he has heard some positive feedback from those affected by the wildfires in and around Slave Lake.

The generosity of the Athabasca community has turned up around every street corner during the past few days.