Trial will go ahead June 29. The court has set aside six weeks to hear the case. The City of Abbotsford’s attempt to keep the court from hearing hear how…
Research shows the least expensive way to help homeless people is to provide them with a home. Despite years of research and reams of scientific research, Abbotsford chose criminalization and…
By Mike Archer. “Thank God nobody was killed.” Those were the first words out of Mayor Henry Braun’s mouth when I spoke with him at the site of this morning’s…
By Mike Archer. Judy Graves was a wonderful homeless advocate for the homeless men and women of Vancouver. She could reportedly, “make contact with a homeless person, find them housing…
October 20, 2014. Bas Stevens was at the MCC Dignity Village this morning, on the first anniversary of what started as the Standoff In Jubilee Park. Bas Stevens brought you…
Oct 21/ 2014 – 05:15 – By Mike Archer. Abbotsford’s homeless protesters woke up at 5:00 am to City crews and police who were sent in to take the remainder…
By Mike Archer. In what is probably the dumbest editorial I have ever read anywhere, anytime, Abbotsford News Editor Andrew Holota, uses a circular argument with himself, in one sentence,…
Re:Abbotsford Loses Attempt To Quash Pivot Anti-Homeless Bylaw Case Walter Neufeld Says: Man-oh-man, it’s incredibly disturbing to find out that the City had in fact been clutching fistfuls of vexatiousness…
By Mike Archer. Councillors John Smith and Patricia Ross should be ashamed of themselves for insulting the citizens of Abbotsford with the draft report they produced as a result of their months…
A Well-Orchestrated Removal Of An Annoying Problem In Banman’s War On The Homeless By Mike Archer. When Mayor Bruce Banman said that the City had learned from its experience with…