Category: Emergency Services

County telephone and internet services will be affected Due to circumstances beyond our control a planned power outage in Athabasca between the hours of 7 am to 4 pm on Saturday, November 7, 2015 will affect County phone and internet services. The ability to leave messages with staff members in the Administration, Public Works and…

Residents of the Baptiste Lake region, volunteer firefighters and elected officials celebrated the official opening a new fire hall on August 15, 2015. Located along Highway 2 and within the Summer Village of South Baptiste, the Baptiste Fire Hall’s location will help first responders provide centralized fire and rescue services to six summer villages and the surrounding…

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…