Councillor John Smith has announced his retirement from political life and we would like to thank him for his service to the community. Over the years, Abbotsford Today has taken…
By Mike Archer. Whatever happens Monday morning, the lawsuit by Pivot Legal Society representing the Abbotsford Chapter of the BC/Yukon Drug War Survivors (DWS) lawsuit is not going away. While…
Lawyers for the City of Abbotsford and for the Pivot Legal Society received emails Thursday afternoon notifying them that BC Supreme Court chief justice Christopher Hinkson will rule on the…
By James Breckenridge. It is said that a camel is a horse made by a committee. If only Abbotsford’s Homeless Task Force’s Report came that close to reflecting the state…
By Mike Archer. Councillors John Smith and Patricia Ross should be ashamed of themselves for insulting the citizens of Abbotsford with the draft report they produced as a result of their months…
Opinion. By Mike Archer. In the cynical game some of our older politicians have been playing – using the lives of the homeless men and women they have ruined in…
Release. The Abbotsford Chapter of the BC/Yukon Drug War Survivors (DWS) announced today it believes that Mayor Banman’s Task Force on Homelessness is a sham and an insult to DWS…
Mayor Banman’s Task Force on Homelessness has come under fire for a number of reasons of late. Most recently it was criticized for meeting on the very day that a…
By Mike Archer. Councillor Henry Braun, who announced his decision to run for mayor June 10, has enjoyed somewhat of a honeymoon with Abbotsford citizens since being elected to council…
By Mike Archer. I think I discovered, last Thursday evening, why the City of Abbotsford, all of its churches, all of its cops and all of its lawyers, is never…