Category: Emergency Services

Athabasca’s role in helping those evacuated from the threat of a wildfire near Wabasca is coming to a close. The role of the Athabasca Reception Centre was to provide food, shelter and daily necessities for those displaced as the result of a fire in the Calling Lake region that saw an estimated 5,000 people displaced from their…

Both directions of traffic will be rerouted onto the new northbound lanes of Highway 63 so crews can complete reconstruction work on the existing highway. The work is taking place 2 kilometres south of Wandering River from April 21 to June 15, weather permitting. Both directions of Highway 63 traffic will be rerouted onto the…