By Dennis Tkach. In the beginning, the Book of Genesis relates that on the third day God created all plant life, large and small. He created this flora to be…
Dear Editor. As a concerned resident, I sense the recent Mayor Hawes recent interview on the 6:00pm news only seeks to exacerbate the unwelcome and undeserved bad reputation of Mission…
Abbotsford lawyer John Conroy’s argument on behalf of medical marijuana users who grow their own medicine at home has succeeded. At least until the completion of a trial to be…
From Win Wachsmann. In the Globe and Mail, January 16 “Where in Canada you’re least likely to be charged for pot possession” “In contrast, there is Abbotsford, the countrys second-most…
The Globe and Mail is reporting a major discrepancy between what news media and police have been reporting about BC marijuana and rug gangs and the truth revealed by the…
By Meghann Coughlan. Re: AmbrÖse Bierce: Someone Take Away Tina’s Bat Phone, I’m going to clear this all up. Tina [Stewart] came out about 15-20 minutes after we had arrived….
By Bill Tieleman, This fall, Sensible BC launches an ambitious initiative to decriminalize marijuana. First published, 6 Aug 2013 on TheTyee.ca “Penalties against possession of a drug should…
By Mike Archer. Marijuana activist Tim Felger estimates the RCMP have spent upwards of $300,000 in getting a conviction against him for possession of marijuana. Who knows what the Abbotsford…
By Mike Archer. For such conservative communities it is amazing to watch the tolerance Abbotsford and Mission taxpayers have for the amount of their money they seem prepared to allow…
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…