In a different twist on the usual campaign strategy of selling T-Shirts with your slogan on them, Mayor Bruce Banman this week unveiled his strategy of making fun of himself…
By Larry Lindner. A sunny day in the garden must have smelled like heaven to the Red backed jumping spider that my wife found, now dancing to the rhythm of…
The ongoing strike at Cascade Aerospace has workers up in arms and many in the community concerned that the owners of Cascade will not agree to ensure the plant will…
By Wendy Bales. The Aggregate Pilot Project (APP) , is back up for air and more changes. I would still venture a guess that if asked on the street a…
From Bas Stevens. Who is truly “running” Abbotsford? It is the half dozen or so so-called “power brokers” in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce. In most instances, in my…
As Darcie Brown pointed out this afternoon on Facebook, “Apparently 110% of people in Abbotsford have an opinion on the homeless.” What do you think? Has the time for online…
By James Breckenridge. Watching the report of someone who had gone around Abbotsford the day before the Legion had gone around to collect the funds raised by the Legion’s annual…
Councillor John Smith’s ill-fated Plan A took another shot in the groin with the announcement this week that the Underwear Girls Gridiron Football League (UGG FL) will not be spending…
Although they forgot to tell anybody the event was happening, The Abbotsford News did do a good job of covering the International Overdose Awareness event in Jubilee Park this weekend….
By Mike Archer. I sometimes despair about the fact that the newsreaders who inform most of the population about the world around them every day seem to have the collective…