An all-too-typical situation has arisen which threatens to put a vulnerable woman on the streets of Abbotsford. Teneille Horning has been evicted from her apartment but has nowhere to go….
Until And Unless We Can Figure Out How To Help Our Homeless Population Within The Parameters Of Social Justice We Must Stop The Endless Persecution Of A Group People We…
The signs went up last Wednesday along the property behind Save On Foods on Sumas Way across from The Brick notifying the homeless who were living in the woods that…
The cabin build for Abby Digs on the 23rd has been postponed until we can get everything ready to build. Probably in September. Many thanks to those who volunteered. We…
By Mike Archer and Nancy Weisz. Although the Abbotsford Dignitarian Society (Abby Digs) put out many requests for letters of support and collaboration, we have only received a very few…
By Mike Archer. The Abbotsford Police Department (APD) has suffered a great deal of criticism in these pages for their broken relationship with the city’s homeless population. It must be…
Opinion. Demonstrating a deep and meaningful understanding of the day-to-day lives of Abbotsford’s homeless commnunity, Mayor Banman’s Task Force on Homelessness, when searching for a date for a closed-door meeting…
By Mike Archer. It isn’t a matter of cost or inconvenience that the poor are not housed. It is a matter of intense belief, philosophy and intentional policy. It wasn’t…
By Mike Archer. Prompted by a Facebook post by Pastor Ward Draper which was re-published on Abbotsford Today, a group of Abbotsford citizens lead by Elsie Neufeld is organizing in…
By Mike Archer. Tensions are rising among the homeless men and women living in the camps along Gladys Avenue across from the Salvation Army according to Barry Shantz, head of…