Opinion. By Mike Archer. Relying on the courts to force our politicians to draw within the lines and abide by the law, while it can be seen as an embarrassment…
Submitted. Thursday, March 13, at the request of Metro Vancouver, representatives from the Fraser Valley Regional District presented details on their draft Solid Waste Management Plan to Metro Vancouver Board…
Opinion – By Mike Archer. Bryon Day, president of Aevitas, the company the City of Chilliwack fast tracked through the approval process to build a toxic waste recycling facility on…
Citizens living downriver from Chilliwack are wondering when Abbotsford’s environmentalist councillor, Patty Ross, is going to stand up and protect them from Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz’s proposed toxic waste facility….
By Mike Archer. It is perhaps appropriate that Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) Chair and Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz used the oldest news media in town, The Chilliwack Progress, to…
Fraser Valley Regional District Receives $20,000 Age-Friendly Community Planning Grant Release. The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) has received a $20,000 Age-Friendly Community Planning Grant from the Ministry of Health…
Chair of the Fraser Valley Regional District and Mayor of Chilliwack Sharon Gaetz is battling with 17 community, environmental and native groups on behalf of a company which was fast-tracked…
By Mike Archer. Chilliwack Mayor and Chair of the Fraser Valley regional District (FVRD) Sharon Gaetz has now rid herself of any environmentalist label by claiming only to be a…
Opinion – By Walter Neufeld. If you scratch around a bit in our politicians’ local bed, what might you find? This story shows just how/why politicians fail their constituents at…
Opinion – By Mike Archer. The decision to get rid of the ultra vires and strangely named Anti-Harm Reduction Bylaw in Abbotsford was brought about, primarily, by legal challenges against…