Release. The City of Abbotsford and the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) are undertaking a collaborative initiative to shape the future of the UDistrict, announced Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun…
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By Mike Archer. A number of important dates are coming up in Abbotsford’s seemingly endless battle with its homeless population. The challenges of next week (December 15 – 19) will…
The City of Abbotsford has built a useful section on the City website with all of the information you will need in order to exercise your franchise on Saturday. To…
Abbotsford Mayor’s Social Media War Gets Even Dirtier Simrath Grewal has been posting some questionable and quite nasty posts about Henry Braun on a variety of his social media accounts….
By Walter Neufeld. A major signal warning of bad governance … Your taxes go up in proportionate lockstep with Abbotsford’s mayor and council’s apparent inability to understand finance and their…
The AbbotsfordFIRST Electoral Society published and distributed a 16-page newspaper to nearly 40,000 homes, direct to the mailbox, throughout Abbotsford this week. In it they focused on their candidates and their approach to some…
Total permit values slide as rise in residential permits not enough to offset non-residential decrease Submitted – Building permit values in Abbotsford fell 46 per cent in September 2014 from August…
By Dave Loewen. Re: AbbotsfordFIRST Responds To MacGregor, Loewen – I thought I had made the last comments in response to this matter, but since I read it here again,…
Dear Editor. From Vancouver Island we continue to follow the final trajectory of a disastrous era in Abbotsford politics – at least until we see how it “ends” or “lands”…
By Mike Archer. It turns out mayoralty debates are livelier with two candidates. Both Henry Braun and Bruce Banman were at Thursday night’s Chamber of Commerce sponsored debate at Matsqui…