The cost-effective way to help the chronically homeless … pay for their housing. Turns out Abbotsford has chosen one of most costly and least effective means of dealing with homelessness…
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Drug use is not what we have been taught it is – and there is a very different story waiting for us, when we are ready to hear it. While…
Chilliwack resident Ryan Morris has been working with the homeless for awhile now, on a purely volunteer basis, and he is trying to raise funds in order to buy one…
Release. Is homelessness increasing or decreasing? In March 2014, volunteer researchers set out to look for the answer on streets and in byways throughout the Fraser Valley. Teams of volunteers…
UPDATED 12:32 am. 2/25/15 From Bas Stevens. Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun apologized to Cody O’Day at press conference this morning and said he hopes the city can learn from this…
Meet Gord Bylo. His son suffers from mental illness and drug addiction. He and his wife are living a parent’s nightmare. His story is a compelling reason for change. Is…
From Ann Livingston. Lookout Emergency Aid Society Loved listening to Judy Graves speak this morning at Douglas College in #Coquitlam. She told the story about how the City of Abbotsford…
Victoria Police change policies on Mental Health Act arrests. By Rob Wipond. When arrested under the Mental Health Act, people will now be advised of their rights and allowed to…
Is Abbotsford’s Police Department Capable Of Dealing With Homelessness or Drug Addiction? By Mike Archer. In this series we will look at the role of first responders, more particularly the…
By Mike Archer. The series we have begun to publish – The Healing Process – about some of the challenges facing the community of Abbotsford, has dealt with some of…