Recently, Abbotsford was nominated for an award by the Province of BC in honour of our efforts to welcome small business to our community. Reducing bureaucracy and red tape when…
On August 26th, the cover story of the Abbotsford News shouted the hard line stance of Councillor Patricia Ross demanding guarantees before pipeline construction could begin (the Kinder Morgan Trans…
During the last election, if you followed the Abbotsford FIRST campaign, you will have heard from us an endless stream of facts and figures about how our City spends the…
By Vince Dimanno. I would really like this column to be about buses and transit. But its not. Politics seems to be getting in the middle of what should be…
Councillor Sandy Blue was fired from her position as Economic Development Manager with the City of Maple Ridge this week. This simple change in staff is not simple at all….
The Mayors of the GVRD have come up with a funding plan and it is time to go to Referendum. The people of BC will now vote, very specifically, to…
On Monday, the City of Abbotsford will inaugurate a new City Council. Four of those new Councillors will be AbbotsfordFIRST candidates. I want to take this opportunity to thank every…
By now you’ve heard that the Abbotsford Heat are leaving. This is a bittersweet event for me. On the one hand, the contract that I have felt to be the…
By Vince Dimanno. Here I am writing another column where I’m angry. This one is slightly different though. Usually, I get angry about something and then I let it stew…
You are certainly going to see a lot of people upset over City Council’s vote against the ACS proposal to allow some housing for the homeless in our city. I’ve…