By Mike Archer. It isn’t a matter of cost or inconvenience that the poor are not housed. It is a matter of intense belief, philosophy and intentional policy. It wasn’t…
The United Way in the Fraser Valley held a press conference Wednesday to announce the many programs they will be supporting throughout the year to help ensure children age 0…
In the interests of pointing out the obvious (to a group of people who clearly wouldn’t recognize it if it smacked them in the face), the dusty old game plan…
Join Mayor Bruce Banman along with community leaders and agencies as they volunteer their time and services to provide less fortunate residents direct connection to services and programs that can…
By Mike Archer. I won’t pretend to have walked even an inch in the shoes of those who spend their lives on the streets of Abbotsford, its alleyways, or its…
By Mike Archer. So; while City Manager George Murray took one for the team and Mayor Banman rushed to a TV camera and said the buck stopped with him, it…
From Paul Horn. Pastor Jeremiah Steepek (pictured here) transformed himself into a homeless person and went to the 10,000 member church that he was to be introduced as the head…
According to Global News, The Brandon Sun and The Abbotsford News, the City of Abbotsford intends to defend its bylaw outlawing harm reduction in the City of Abbotsford, in part,…
From Abbotsford Community Services. We would like you to meet Doug. Doug is one of Abbotsford’s homeless men. He has been living ‘outdoors’ in a tent for the last 3…
By Mike Archer. As the community searches for positive outcomes to the Abbotsford Chicken Manure Homeless Incident one of those positive outcomes may be that residents have become more aware…