Submitted. Media are being invited to attend the 2013 Aerospace, Defence & Security Expo in Abbotsford at the Fraser Valley Trade and Exhibition Centre (TRADEX) on Wednesday, August 7th and…
By Elsiewhere. And then, there he was! Abbotsford’s MP, Ed Fast. Man in Ottawa. You admit, you didn’t vote for him, but … but … he is Canada’s Minister of…
Submitted. The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, Minister for the Asia–Pacific Gateway and Member of Parliament (Abbotsford), on behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage…
By Mike Archer. I’ve disagreed with Ed Fast over a number of issues. Most of those have had to do with his public support of his boss and there are…
By Mike Archer. We gave municipal politicians one job – local infrastructure – and they screwed it up. Now they’re blaming it on Ed Fast. This week local politicians met…
Editor’s Note: In Abbotsford we live in a riding where our Federal Member of Parliament, Ed Fast, seems to believe, along with his boss and the rest of Cabinet, that…
By Mike Archer. With all due respect to YMCA president and CEO Stephen Butz and father Banman who dutifully and piously read Butz’s letter to the citizens of Abbotsford, the…
By Mike Archer. We’ve never seen the Abbotsford News run stories before promoting participation in their online poll but that’s just what they did this weekend with a three-paragraph summary…
Walter Neufeld is known for his advocacy work as president of the FVRD Citizens Association and his work against the gravel industry lobby. He also founded a group called ‘Men…
By Walter Neufeld. Abbotsford taxpayers have been hopefully awaiting City Council’s rejection of the 70+- million dollar tax giveaway to YMCA. They’ve also been anticipating that better fiscal decisions would…