By Mike Archer. As they always do, all parties are claiming this is an important election and that our future hangs in the balance. They’re right but for reasons quite…
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On Tuesday Global TV released the documents inking the deal between the BC Liberal government and Dave Basi and Bobby Virk. The documents confirmed that, in exchange for their silence…
Dear Editor. I went to the debate Monday night and the moderator did not ask my question to all the candidates like I requested. I think if anybody in Abbotsford…
By Mike Archer. Political newcomer Darryl Plecas stood by his boss, Mike de Jong, and defended the BC Liberal Party on the BC Rail scandal this week. At an all-candidates…
Submitted. Abbotsford-South Candidate John van Dongen stepped off the campaign trail Thursday and into a committee room at Metro Vancouver Regional District’s office in Burnaby, speaking on behalf of Fraser…
Dear Editor. It is possible that the years are making me increasingly jaded. I could not help nodding my head when I read the Abbotsford Today article concerning the inability…
Submitted. British Columbia’s three Independents seeking re-election say that they can offer more effective representation to voters than MLAs who are “whipped” and muzzled by political parties. John van Dongen…
By Mike Archer. John van Dongen and I haven’t always seen eye to eye. I haven’t agreed with everything he’s done since 1995 when he started winning elections in Abbotsford-South….
In what is shaping up to be one of BC’s more interesting elections in recent decades, independents may play a significant role when the results come in May 14. Abbotsford…
Neophyte BC Liberal candidate Darryl Plecas says John van Dongen isn’t much of a threat according to a story in Sunday’s Globe and Mail. “I Just Don’t See John As…