It hasn’t escaped some people that BC Hydro’s plans to remove the homeless from their camps along Gladys Avenue involved precisely the same piece of land and many of the…
First came John Smith’s announcement to the national media that he had instructed the APD to handle homelessness in downtown Abbotsford; then the Abbotsford Shuffle – otherwise known as Chief…
By Mike Archer. I was sitting in the back row of Court Room 30 listening to the lawyers for the City of Abbotsford try to defend the indefencible – Abbotsford’s…
Opinion – By Mike Archer. It is an exceptionally controversial thing to say and many people involved in the day-to-day, hands on work with the homeless in Abbotsford have whispered…
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…
By Mike Archer. Before Mayor Banman allows another Abbotsford taxpayer dollar to be given to the Calgary Flames he should buy every houshold in Abbotsford a copy of The Chicken…
By Mike Archer. Abbotsford is once again front and centre in the provincial and national media as reporters from CBC Radio, CTV TV and City TV converge on Jubilee Park…
By Mike Archer. It is heartwarming to see one of the world’s most behind-the-curve criminologist/politicians – Abbotsford MLA and BC’s Junior Crime Fighter Darryl Plecas – jumping to the front…
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….
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…