Kenzie Skorepa – Voices For Dignity My name is kenzie, I am a Mother. University student, writer, artist, warrior.. Homeless. I am a person just like any other. And at…
Facebook has lit up with comments on the video released showing the shooting of Roy Roberts by the Abbotsford Police Department (APD) for behaving like someone with a mental illness….
By Ward Draper. So here is what we know. Roy was hospitalized after being shot with bean bags and rubber bullets because he was wielding a knife. After this incident…
By Elsiewhere. JOHN: HOMELESS IN ABBOTSFORD “So, what’s your story? You look like you have a story.” “My story? I don’t know what to say.” “Well, where are you going?”…
By Pastor Ward Draper. I have encountered many people in my years of service to vulnerable and marginalized groups that persist on expressing venomous, toxic, and hateful ideas that all…
By Lia Bishop. As a resident of downtown Abbotsford, I can say with valid first hand experience what it is like to share a neighbourhood with ‘those people’ commonly othered,…
By Abnor. If the Abbotsford Downtown Business Association (ADBA) thinks they have too many bars and liquor stores and not enough grocery stores, surely they can do something about that…
This week’s Comment of the Week actually comes from the Huffington Post which published Pastor Ward Draper’s Today column, ‘Next Steps‘, under the headline, “How Should We Deal With Homeless…
By Walter Neufeld. Mayor Banman and Council presided over homeless strategies which essentially harassed homeless people from one location to another while simultaneously ignoring the longstanding resources and service integrity…
By Pastor Ward Draper. These words were posted on my Facebook wall as a comment after I had posted a link to a Huffington post article regarding the homeless lawsuits…