By Mike Archer. Most of those who were opposed to Mayor Banman and the City of Abbotsford’s YMCA plan don’t suffer under any illusion that either Banman or the YMCA…
By Mike Archer. A Letter to the Editor we received last week from Kerry Proudfoot about Mayor Banman’s habit of bullying those who disagree with him is beginning to stand…
By Mike Archer. Abbotsford’s power structure and its newspapers have not had a very good batting average over the last several years if you look at the issues they defined…
Earlier this week we published an email sent by Bruce Banman regarding the decision by the City of Abbotsford to postpose indefinitely the controversial YMCA project – What Do You…
We’re not sure which part of ‘No’ Mayor Banman didn’t get from the community about the YMCA giveaway but the email he sent after the April 22nd meeting at which…
By Walter Neufeld. Thanks Vince Dimanno for the excellent report – YMCA Goes Down With A Grunt. I invite Mayor Banman, Councillors Smith, and Loewen to identify & list the…
By now you know that the YMCA deal is dead. That is good enough for most of us, but there was this document left sitting on the table called a…
Abbotsford Council’s Executive Committee met Monday afternoon and discussed the report from City Manager George Murray about the controversial YMCA proposal.. Councillor Henry Braun made a motion which proposed…
By Abnor. You should have coffee someday over at the little cafeteria on the main floor of City Hall. You have no idea the interesting stuff you’ll overhear. For those…
By Gerda Peachey. I don’t think Vince Dimano is correct in thinking that only Bruce Banman knew about the Butz YMCA letter. Watching both afternoon and evening sessions on April…