By Mike Archer. I am the last person who would accuse Mike de Jong of being an unskilled politician. As the second most powerful politician in BC outside of the…
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Media ownership in the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island is more concentrated than ever after more community newspaper swaps between the remaining chains were announced in a report in…
By Mike Archer. A great deal of concern is being raised by many who care about journalism in Canada that the purchase, at bargain-basement rates, of Sun Media’s English language…
By Shannon Rupp. A theory that could help newspapers win their most lucrative ad audience back. News of a U.K. government study that claims women are less informed than men…
By Mike Archer. An awful lot of nasty things get done in this city due to the perception by some in the community, and the media, usually those being criticized,…
By Mike Archer. Newspapers in BC are resisting a provincial recycling program, (Multi-Material BC (MMBC), that will save municipal taxpayers money by shifting the cost of recycling newsprint to the…
By Mike Archer. For the first time in its modern history, the Abbotsford News is on the right side of a major issue … before City Council votes on it…
By Sherril Guthrie. Re: What’s Up With That: 27 + 83 = Huh? Editor’s Note: The following was submitted to the Abbotsford News and a copy was provided, for publication,…
By Adrian Barnes. – Editor’s Note: With the decision by Black Press to close the money-losing Abbotsford Times this week we thought a recent column from the Rossland Telegraph particularly appropos…
There is still no word, at least in public, on whether Black Press intends to merge, close or keep separate the Glacier Media newspapers it will soon own in Abbotsford…