Recently, Abbotsford was nominated for an award by the Province of BC in honour of our efforts to welcome small business to our community. Reducing bureaucracy and red tape when…
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On August 26th, the cover story of the Abbotsford News shouted the hard line stance of Councillor Patricia Ross demanding guarantees before pipeline construction could begin (the Kinder Morgan Trans…
You may have noticed a distinct lack of new content since the departure of Mike Archer earlier this month. We apologize for this slow down. However, we’d like to let…
By Vince Dimanno. I would really like this column to be about buses and transit. But its not. Politics seems to be getting in the middle of what should be…
Councillor Sandy Blue was fired from her position as Economic Development Manager with the City of Maple Ridge this week. This simple change in staff is not simple at all….
The Mayors of the GVRD have come up with a funding plan and it is time to go to Referendum. The people of BC will now vote, very specifically, to…
On Monday, the City of Abbotsford will inaugurate a new City Council. Four of those new Councillors will be AbbotsfordFIRST candidates. I want to take this opportunity to thank every…
In order to get beyond the election signs and the candidate profiles Abbotsford Today has put together a series of questions for candidates in the upcoming municipal election. We will…
You may not realize it, but this is the first column I have written to be posted on Abbotsford Today in nearly a year. I am inspired to write this…
By Mike Archer. AbbotsfordFIRST candidate Vince Dimanno today responded to accusations made by candidate Gerda Peachey about his management of the Abbotsford Ratepayers Association (ARA) as a ” … phantom…