On August 26th, the cover story of the Abbotsford News shouted the hard line stance of Councillor Patricia Ross demanding guarantees before pipeline construction could begin (the Kinder Morgan Trans…
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In order to get beyond the election signs and the candidate profiles Abbotsford Today has put together a series of questions for candidates in the upcoming municipal election. We will…
Long-time Abbotsford incumbent councillor Patricia Ross announced her intention to run again on her Facebook page Monday. Cover photo: Ross with fellow councillor Henry Braun (rear) and former Mayor George…
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. The City of Abbotsford, its police force, as well as members of its business community, its church community and its care community are all, whether they understand…
A Black Press report by Jeff Nagel in the Burnaby News Leader shows the waste-to-energy incinerator which Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) Chair and Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz together with FVRD…
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…
By AmbrÖse Bierce. This summer the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), despite a steady stream of hot air from the Fraser Valley Regional District’s (FVRD) reigning pseudo-environmentalists, gave permission to…
By Mike Archer. Now that the BC Utilities Commission has decided to approve Metro Vancouver’s plans for a Waste to Energy incinerator leaving the Fraser Valley’s most popular pseudo-environmentalists with…