By Mike Archer. Whatever decision City Council makes on February 17 on the Abbotsford Community Services (ACS) and BC Housing Supportive Housing Proposal, one thing was made eminently clear at…
The contentious and controversial ACS/BC Housing proposal for Supportive Housing goes before City Council for a vote on Monday, February 17 after months of acrimonious and volatile debate over the…
By AmbrÖese Bierce. Who Do You Think You Are? That’s the gist of the correspondence I received this week and have decided to publish, unedited, because I think, whatever the…
By Mike Archer. Several speakers at last Monday night’s public hearing bemoaned the fact the community seemed divided over the attempts by BC Housing and Abbotsford Community Services to help…
From Walter Neufeld. February 9, 2014 – To better understand the dysfunctional dynamics which continue to infect Abbotsford’s decisions about our homeless community, Lilly Kaetler’s excellent 2013 article helps lift…
By Mike Archer. For the first time in its modern history, the Abbotsford News is on the right side of a major issue … before City Council votes on it…
By Mike Archer. Abbotsford City Council held, what turned out to be, a marathon public hearing on the Abbotsford Community Services (ACS)/BC Housing Supportive Housing Proposal which has become, in…
By AmbrÖse Bierce. A number of Abbotsford business people have approached me over the last year asking me why the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce and the Abbotsford Downtown Business Association…
The Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce has reiterated its strong opposition to locating a proposed supportive housing project to house 20 homeless men within the downtown Abbotsford Business Improvement Area and…
From Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce. 2014 Marketing for Small Businesses in the Digital Age Date: January 30, 2014 Time: 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM Digital technology is changing how customers…