• Lynn Perrin addresses Abbotsford Council
    Comment(s) Of The Week – Banman And The City Of Character

    We received several comments on the Letter we published earlier this week accusing Mayor Bruce Banman of being a bully. We chose to feature this one from Lynn Perrin. Re: Banman Is A Bully I find it...

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    Elsiewhere, In Abbotsford

    Editor’s Note: We stumbled across Elsiewhere, in Abbotsford on Facebook last week and fell in love with the project. We think you will too. We asked Elsie Neufeld, founder and creator of Elsiewhere, in Abbotsford to tell...

    • Posted 10 days ago
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    Comment Of The Week: We (The Baby Boom) Have Squandered The Wealth

    Re: Housing Starts Plunge 80% Christopher Bush says (May 11, 2013 at 8:21 am) I find it is interesting that we seem to have lost the ability to recognize circular logic. The comment that the drop in...

    • Posted 11 days ago
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  • Mike de Jong
    Overheard: Did Mike De Jong Say He Made The Basi-Virk Decision To Save Taxpayers Money?

    We’ve “overheard” that at more than one public meeting about 18 months ago after the Basi-Virk deal was done, that incumbent BC Liberal MLA and former Attorney General Mike de Jong not only said the decision to...

    • Posted 11 days ago
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  • Letters
    Misleading Rhetoric

    Dear Editor. Re: Dix lays out NDP’s election platform, comes up empty on jobs - It’s interesting to see how history tends to repeat itself and how short-term our memories can be. In an ideal world, each...

    • Posted 22 days ago
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  • Letters
    John Van Dongen Has Demonstrated He Can Get the Job Done

    Dear Editor. It is possible that the years are making me increasingly jaded. I could not help nodding my head when I read the Abbotsford Today article concerning the inability of party politicians to adequately represent their...

    • Posted 25 days ago
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  • Former Mayor George Peary
    So The Aquilinis Wouldn’t Buy Out George Peary’s Deal Eh?

    By Abnor. The only thing I can imagine going wrong with the negotiations (which everybody said weren’t happening) is that the Heat owners wanted to get paid the full value of George Peary’s Deal and the Aquilini’s...

    • Posted 29 days ago
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    Abbotsford Council Meeting

    Dinsdale April 2013 – An average citizen off to take in an Abbotsford Council meeting for the first time may be surprised at what they run into on the way there. Abbotsford citizens who follow their local...

    • Posted 31 days ago
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  • AT's Abnor
    How Did John Smith Get His Motion Ready If He Only Saw The YMCA Letter Ten Minutes Before The Exec. Comm. Meeting?

    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 who haven’t been being kept in the...

    • Posted 32 days ago
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  • Letters
    ‘News To You’ Newsletter – Election Edition Special

    By George Evens. Politics, Elections and Fraser Valley Politicians are an interesting phenomenon to observe. Election Edition Special is longer than normal four pages, due to election issues & addition of important Part one article, an introduction...

    • Posted 33 days ago
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