Category: Community

Athabasca County has a bi-weekly radio segment that airs on The BOOM 94.1 to help our residents, businesses and visitors stay up to date on County news. The segment airs every second Wednesday around 9:25 am. If you missed hearing it over the radio, you can listen to it here by clicking on the play…

An Information Alert has been issued for Athabasca County making the public aware of an outage with both internet and cellular services in areas of the County. Telus advises the outage is due to a cable cut that occurred today and crews are currently working to restore services. To see updates on the progress of…

Two one-day conferences for seniors’ and their caregivers

2017 Roadside and Hamlet Clean-Up Program If you missed hearing this week’s County Conversation radio segment on 94.1 The River you can listen to it here. This week we talk about the Roadway and Hamlet Clean-Up program available to community groups and individuals who wish to tidy up from winter. As Canada 150 celebrations are…

Water Well Management Workshop If you missed hearing this week’s County Conversation radio segment on 94.1 The River you can listen to it here. This week’s County Conversation talks about an upcoming Working Well Workshop that will provide an understanding of what it takes to protect existing wells from contamination through proper maintenance and design….

6 to 9 pm Thursday, January 19 Athabasca Agri-plex The workshop will cover: • Groundwater – how it works • Quality and quantity testing • Saving wells from contamination • Basic well maintenance • Water sampling – how to do it Protecting Your Water Well:  A misunderstood resource Despite its importance, many Albertans give little…