Editor’s Note: We first published this article back in November, 2013, in the hopes that scientific research, facts and knowledge could replace the inerudite, anti-intellectual flailings of the uneducated, ill-informed…
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By Mike Archer. For anyone who thinks that Abbotsford Council’s unanimous decision to end it’s nine-year-old Anti-Harm Reduction Bylaw means an end to the City’s mistreatment of drug addicts and…
Release – City of Abbotsford overturns it’s “anti-harm reduction” bylaw Abbotsford- Last night, Abbotsford City Council voted to remove the barriers to harm reduction by striking down an eight-year old…
By Mike Archer. Drug War Survivors Announce They Are Staying In Jubilee Park. Abbotsford community leaders are getting a lesson in leadership. Leadership from the bottom up. This week a…
A peaceful protest and demonstration at Jubilee Park in Abbotsford began at noon on Sunday, Oct 20 organizaers say they intend to stay until noon of Wednesday, Oct 23. Photo…
By Mike Archer. Barry Shantz is one of the most annoying, argumentative, in-your-face angry pricks you’re ever likely to run into. He’s been called paranoid, a shit-disturber, impossible to work…
From Lynn Perrin. Council members may recall that I sent them information on the City of Vancouver Harm reduction strategy leading up to the 2010 Olympics. Please take a look…
By Mike Archer. Though it isn’t likely to change many minds in pro-harm portion of Abbotsford, “Harm reduction — not a war on drugs — has reduced illicit drug use…
By Mike Archer. As the community searches for positive outcomes to the Abbotsford Chicken Manure Homeless Incident one of those positive outcomes may be that residents have become more aware…
Yes, I have something to say about homelessness and the City’s treatment of our citizens in need. In fact, you all should read this. As a community, you should all…