City Council to Consider Rezoning Application for Future Supportive Housing Projects Release. Abbotsford City Council has made a request that staff submit a rezoning application for Council consideration that will…
By Mike Archer. For years a small but vocal number of local business people have been complaining about the City of Abbotsford’s approach to economic development. While the Abbotsford Chamber…
Abbotsford Councillor Les Barkman, who Monday voted against accepting $15.3 million from the provincial government to build a small low barrier supportive housing proposal in Abbotsford, told <a href=”http://www.news1130.com/2014/02/18/help-for-homeless-available-abbotsford-councillor/”>News 1130…
From Elsie Neufeld. THE BEST PART of city council meeting last [Monday] night happened before the meeting began. I approached him, and said, “I understand you attend every city council…
Dear Mayor and City Council: It is with dismay, disappointment and utter disbelief with what is happening in Abbotsford, “City of Character” with regard to the Homeless persons of [Abbotsford…
Abbotsford’s Homeless Crisis has been described as complicated. Sometimes, a single comment can sum up even the most complicated issues “I’m not a Christian so I don’t know if it’s…
Submitted. City Council has endorsed a new organizational structure for the City of Abbotsford, announced City Manager, George Murray today. “One of the first tasks for any new leader is…
By James Breckenridge. I knew Shaminder Brar for close to a decade, starting at a point where I was homeless and on the streets of Abbotsford as a result of…