By Mike Archer. While Mayor Banman and Councillors Patricia Ross and John Smith are making the case that Abbotsford’s Official Community Plan (OCP) should be scrapped when it gets in…
The Pivot Legal Society and the Abbotsford Chapter of the BC/Yukon Drug War Survivors served papers yesterday on the City of Abbotsford and the Abbotsford Police Department (APD) for two…
“What I’m not going to be done is pushed up against a wall because Mr Shantz decides that he wants to literally pitch a tent in a public park and…
By Mike Archer. In many ways it was painful to watch. I arrived late to the Abbotsford Community Services (ACS) open house at the Sally Ann’s Cascade Church Wednesday night…
By Scott E. Bernstein, Pivot Legal Society. The Insite safe injection site is the only legal supervised injection site in North America. It is located at 139 East Hastings Street….
A contemporary English-style pub, minus the bad teeth. At Townhall Public House, we pair a comfortable atmosphere and exceptional service with really, really good grub. Stop by to watch the…
By Mike Archer. I won’t pretend to have walked even an inch in the shoes of those who spend their lives on the streets of Abbotsford, its alleyways, or its…
By Mike Archer. What they want is access to the supplies and necessities, like clean needles, needed to reduce the harm associated with drug use – things that Canadian citizens…
Both CBC News and the Vancouver Province are reporting that the City of Abbotsford will be defending its curiously named ‘Anti-HArm Reduction Bylaw’ in front of the BC Human Rights…
For the record, while Mayor Bruce Banman may have forgotten his now infamous quote about locking up drug addicts because they are criminals, we have this annoying habit of keeping…