From Facebook. Delighted to report that a presentation I gave at VII Mennonite Writing/s conference in Fresno, California, about Elsiewhere in Abbotsford has been accepted (with a few revisions) to…
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“Sometimes I think that being a social justice lawyer means getting up everyday and pushing as hard as you can against a really big mountain. Today we moved the mountain…
Re: Georgia Straight’s column ‘Reasonable Doubt: Should the law protect the homeless?‘ “Hopefully the cases in BC Supreme Court, Small Claims Court and before the BC Human Rights Tribunal from…
Re: Hiring A Homeless Coordinator Is A Bad Idea – I have to disagree with some of this article. Not all persons who are homeless in abbotsford have “their own…
Dear Prime Minister, MP, Premier, MLA, Opposition Party Leaders, Publishers, Editors, Reporters, Columnists, Talk Show Hosts, Mayors & Councillors, CEO/FRASER HEALTH, Mr. David Black, President/CEO Black Press, Police Boards/Assn/Commissioner/Chiefs, Political…
From The Tyee. For those still wondering whether or not the Harper-government-supported, National-Energy-Board-supported Texas oil giant Kinder Morgan should be allowed to push a pipeline through the floor of the…
Dear Friends, Senior Colleagues,Concerned Citizens, Political Candidates, 832 Votes difference placed one foot in the grave for Mission citizens and prevented a move into 21st century leadership. The saving grace…
Hey did you hear the news? They’re going to shoot a movie in downtown Abbotsford. I think it’s going to be Ice Age 5. In the movie, they elect a…
From Facebook – David Sahlstrom. The current council of Abbotsford has set a course to spend money like a drunken sailor on court battles with the homeless and the Drug…
By Abnor. Sunday morning I wandered by the property Mayor Banman and ‘No-Permit-Paul’ want to re-zone so they can plop down the ACS/BCHousing proposal, which the two of them successfully…