By Mike Archer. Now that all the campaigning and posturing is over and we have a new mayor and council, one of the first pieces of business which must be…
Release. The B.C. government is funding the opening of an additional 30 shelter beds for men at the Harbour Lights complex in Vancouver operated by the Salvation Army, effective today. The…
By Mike Archer. Unbelievable. That’s all I can say about the attempt by the old white men, who killed the ACS/BC Housing proposal for a low barrier supportive housing project…
By Mike Archer. So let me get this straight. According to Bob Bos and ‘No Permit Paul’ MacLeod of the Abbotsford Downtown Business Association (ADBA), and Mayor Bruce Banman, it…
Release. The doors to HYAD Place, a new housing development for young adults with developmental disabilities in North Vancouver officially opened today. Located at 2130 Chesterfield Ave., the four-storey building…
Some of the confusion over housing alternatives for the growing number of homeless men and women forced to live on the streets of Abbotsford has to do with the terms…
By Abnor. I was wandering through Jubilee Park Saturday and I couldn’t help notice how empty it was. It made me wonder why Mayor Banman was so angry about homeless…
By Abnor. I have not heard such a widespread sense of anger and revulsion at a politician since George Peary told us we needed to spend $300,000,000 to buy a…
Dear Mayor Banman and members of Council for the City of Abbotsford: I have been involved in politics for close to sixty years. I have lived through food rationing, the…
By Mike Archer. It took Bruce Banman less than five minutes to shut down Henry Braun and demonstrate that his allegiance seems to lie firmly with the small group of…