Category: Events

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Celebrating Rural Women’s Conference for the Pioneer Farm Women and Modern Farm Women Awards. Do you know a woman who has worked unselfishly to make exceptional contributions to build a successful family farm? The Pioneer Farm Woman has participated and adapted to changes in farm practices over the…

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Celebrating Rural Women’s Conference for the Pioneer Farm Women and Modern Farm Women Awards. Do you know a woman who has worked unselfishly to make exceptional contributions to build a successful family farm? The Pioneer Farm Woman has participated and adapted to changes in farm practices over the…

Athabasca County is requesting nominations for the 2023 Pioneer Farm Woman of the Year & 2023 Modern Farm Woman of the Year. Do you know a woman who has worked unselfishly to make exceptional contributions to build success on the family farm? The Pioneer Farm Woman has participated and adapted to changes in farm practices…

Athabasca County Enforcement Services is offering Child Safety Seat Information Sessions to County residents to: provide an opportunity to ask the Peace Officers questions relating to seat safety, receive most up to date recommendations, and have a registered technician support you in installing your seats correctly. The sessions will take place at the following locations:…

2021 Event Cancellation – It is with much regret that we announce the cancellation of the 2021 Farm Women’s Conference & Awards. The Agriculture Services Board made the decision with the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, guidelines in place that limit attendance, and the safety of the Farm Women’s Awards Committee and those attending the function…

Temporary Suspension of Applications   Effective April 21, 2020, the Government of Alberta will be temporarily suspending applications for the $30 million in emergency social services funding to charities, not-for-profits and civil society organizations to support their COVID-19 response. There have been over 600 applications received by the government. All current applications are being reviewed, and…

Athabasca Agri-Plex 8:30 to 4:30 pm | April 6-7, 2020 Includes lunch and DJI Tello drone for practice!   FLY SAFELY • Flight training suitable for complete beginners • From first takeoff to autonomous field mapping • OJI Tello included, to keep practicing at home FLY LEGALLY • Basic ground school: air law, drone systems, theory…

Canadian beef is a high quality product, recognized internationally for its excellence. Increasingly the food industry is using “sustainability” as a way to market products to consumers who are looking to make environmentally conscious purchases. This means the industry has to prove it standards. To demonstrate the industry’s commitment to safe food and safe production…

All interested parties are invited to learn about the details of the proposed project. 9 am to 1 pm Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Athabasca Agriplex Proposed Project The proposed project includes a pit (mining of sand) connected by a slurry line to a sand washing, sorting, drying, and storage facility to produce proppant for oil…

Upcoming events focus on tourism business, networking and finding funding The Athabasca County Conversation is a bi-weekly radio update that airs on BOOM 94.1. If you missed it on the radio you can listen to it here. This week’s segment talks about three upcoming events of interest to entrepreneurs and the business community: Sept 5…