By Mike Archer. One of the most important ways in which citizens can exercise their rights between municipal elections is through the public hearing process. It is often the first,…
By Mike Archer. Referred to as a project which would restore the abandoned scar left by the failure of previous developments, plans for a massive new townhome proposal for the…
The Abbotsford Diginitarian Society‘s plan for a housing camp for the homeless on a property on Valley Road is making its way through the planning process. As part of that…
By Henry Braun. Much has already been said since last Monday’s Council’s decision to deny Abbotsford Community Services (“ACS”), supportive housing initiative, which would have seen BC Housing contribute $2,400,000…
By Abnor. As homeless advocate James Breckenridge pointed out at Monday’s public hearing, the only people unable to speak at the hearing – those without a home or an address…
By Mike Archer. Abbotsford City Council held, what turned out to be, a marathon public hearing on the Abbotsford Community Services (ACS)/BC Housing Supportive Housing Proposal which has become, in…
By James Breckenridge. Our lives, our society, are the sum result of all the choices we make, both consciously and unconsciously. In control of the process of choosing, lies control…
Abbotsford Community Services (ACS) is inviting all of its supporters to come out to the public hearing into its proposed Supportive Housing Project scheduled for February 3 at City Hall….
In advance of the February 3 Public Hearing into the Abbotsford Community Services/BC Housing proposal for a supportive housing project to house 20 homeless men the ACS continues to receive…
The Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce has reiterated its strong opposition to locating a proposed supportive housing project to house 20 homeless men within the downtown Abbotsford Business Improvement Area and…