By Mike Archer. Mayor Henry Braun promised to remove the small group of local individuals who held an inordinate amount of influence over Abbotsford City Hall through their control of…
By Mike Archer. On Friday, December 5, the BC Supreme Court will be hearing arguments on a motion from the Pivot Legal Society to set aside the injunction which forced…
By Mike Archer. There is a great deal of hope that Monday’s inauguration of Henry Braun as Abbotsford’s new mayor and a council with four new members will mean a…
By Mike Archer. Now that all the campaigning and posturing is over and we have a new mayor and council, one of the first pieces of business which must be…
By Mike Archer. In one last apparent attempt to see the old system work its magic, councilors John Smith, Les Barkman and Mayor Bruce Banman voted in favour an agri-mall…
By Mike Archer. This has been, without a doubt, the nastiest, most personal and dirtiest municipal election in recent memory in Abbotsford. It has also been the nastiest I’ve seen…
Why is the City of Abbotsford posting self-serving Chamber of Commerce opinion pieces before an election? By Mike Archer. The City of Abbotsford has posted a link on its website…
While Today Media has been talking about the proposal by Chad Brechin of Integrity Design and Barry Shantz of the Abbotsford Chapter of the BC/Yukon Drug War Survivors (DWS) since…
By Mike Archer. I’m not sure if the Abbotsford News published my comment on their story as it has refused to publish any comments from me for six years. While…
By Mike Archer. I got to the all-candidates meeting at Bradner Hall half-an-hour late Wednesday night, arriving at 7 pm. I tiptoed over to an available chair in the back…