By Mike Archer. Former Mayor Bruce Banman once told me it was awfully hard to put a positive spin on the Abbotsford economy with Abbotsford Today publishing the monthly unemployment…
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…
By George F. Evens. Homelessness alludes to the comprehensive problem and its many causes, which to most, is so overwhelming it poses barriers to remedy and sadly the political will…
Friday, on the Abbotsford News, Alex Butler wrote: “Before the case went to the Court of Appeal, Const. Ian MacDonald told The News that there were real costs to having…
By Arts Editor Doreen Jung. It is really in the details. For photographer, Sandra McMartin, details are the key to the fascination that a subject holds for her. [Click On…
The need to ramp up civic literacy is ‘critical.’ By Murray Dobbin. The Harper government’s pursuit of its odious Secret Police Act (Bill C-51) is just another chapter in the most through-going…
Lost without influence at City Hall, the old power structure seems to have simply taken to talking to itself. By Mike Archer. Making a silk purse of a sow’s ear…
By Mike Archer. After another fire at the homeless protest camp on Gladys Avenue there will be more calls to do something about the situation. And so there should be….
1, 2, 3 to Ending Homelessness By James Breckenridge. To End Homelessness the number of homeless permanently housed must exceed the number of new homeless over a given time period….
By Mike Archer. The need for the kinds of economic development and planning changes on which Mayor Henry Braun as well as the AbbotsfordFIRST candidates campaigned has never been more…