Sports
FRASER VALLEY BANDITS ANNOUNCE 2019 SEASON SCHEDULE
Inaugural Canadian Elite Basketball League season opener set for May 9, 2019 ABBOTSFORD, Nov. 1, 2018 – Professional basketball comes to the Fraser Valley when the Fraser Valley Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) host the Guelph Nighthawks to open their inaugural season on Thursday, May 9 at the Abbotsford Centre. Modelled […]
$100,000 raised for children and families at risk in Abbotsford.
3rd Annual Smart and Caring Golf Classic raises $100,000 for Community Fund. Lead: The Abbotsford Community Foundation (ACF) is pleased to announce the results from their annual golf tournament held September 20th at Ledgeview Golf Course, where a total of $100,000 was raised for the ACF’s Smart and Caring Community Fund. Income from the Smart […]
Hundreds of fans pack Sardis Secondary School for exhibition game sponsored by the Bandits
CHILLIWACK, Oct. 3, 2018 – More than 300 fans packed the gymnasium at Sardis Secondary School last Friday night for an exhibition game between the Trinity Western University Spartans and the Columbia Bible College Bearcats. The fun-filled evening was sponsored by the Fraser Valley Bandits and Chilliwack Basketball Club. Top local talent from across the […]
Business
ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਇੱਕ ਰਹੱਸ ਹੈ, ਅਧਿਐਨ ਦਰਸਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ
ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ, 18 ਜੂਨ 2019/CNW/ – ਐਲਕਨ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਇੱਕ ਸਰਵੇਖਣ ਤੋਂ ਪਤਾ ਲੱਗਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਅੱਧੇ ਤੋਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਵਾਸੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਅਤੇ ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਦੀ ਸਰਜ਼ਰੀ ਬਾਰੇ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਤਾ; ਅਤੇ 59 ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਅਣਜਾਣ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਇੱਕੋ ਵਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਅਤੇ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਦੇ ਹੋਰ ਰੋਗਾਂ ਦਾ ਇਲਾਜ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕਈ […]
Agricultural Enhancement Grant Applications Now Being Accepted
Abbotsford Community Foundation announces launch of the 2019 Agriculture Grants program. The Abbotsford Community Foundation (ACF) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2019 Agricultural Enhancement grants are now being accepted. “In 2019, the focus of this round of funding is revitalization of unused or underutilized farmland located within the Abbotsford ALR and we […]
Need A Job? Artificial Intelligence Could Be Your Next Employer.
An artificial intelligence simulation uses algorithms to score how fit the candidate is for their next job. Bhavna Dabysingh and her husband are newcomers to Canada. With a foreign name on her resume, her job applications in Ottawa have been dismissed with lack of Canadian experience. People have asked her to apply for manual labour […]
Community
Agricultural Enhancement Grant Applications Now Being Accepted
Abbotsford Community Foundation announces launch of the 2019 Agriculture Grants program. The Abbotsford Community Foundation (ACF) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2019 Agricultural Enhancement grants are now being accepted. “In 2019, the focus of this round of funding is revitalization of unused or underutilized farmland located within the Abbotsford ALR and we […]
Need A Job? Artificial Intelligence Could Be Your Next Employer.
An artificial intelligence simulation uses algorithms to score how fit the candidate is for their next job. Bhavna Dabysingh and her husband are newcomers to Canada. With a foreign name on her resume, her job applications in Ottawa have been dismissed with lack of Canadian experience. People have asked her to apply for manual labour […]
ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਇੱਕ ਰਹੱਸ ਹੈ, ਅਧਿਐਨ ਦਰਸਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ
ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ, 18 ਜੂਨ 2019/CNW/ – ਐਲਕਨ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਇੱਕ ਸਰਵੇਖਣ ਤੋਂ ਪਤਾ ਲੱਗਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਅੱਧੇ ਤੋਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਵਾਸੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਅਤੇ ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਦੀ ਸਰਜ਼ਰੀ ਬਾਰੇ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਤਾ; ਅਤੇ 59 ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਅਣਜਾਣ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਇੱਕੋ ਵਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਅਤੇ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਦੇ ਹੋਰ ਰੋਗਾਂ ਦਾ ਇਲਾਜ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕਈ […]
Don Compbell “BLOG”
When The Bad News Becomes ALL News
Hey, did you hear there’s a pandemic going on? The answer is, obviously, yes. Given the daily government announcements, the focus on death rates, the neverending arguments about what we should be doing to flatten the curve, the almost competitive comparison of one region vs the other. And that’s just the media and government sources. […]
Entertainment
Need a job? Artificial intelligence could be your next employer.
Baneet Braich An artificial intelligence simulation uses algorithms to score how fit the candidate is for their next job. Bhavna Dabysingh and her husband are newcomers to Canada. With a foreign name on her resume, her job applications in Ottawa have been dismissed with lack of Canadian experience. People have asked her to apply for […]
DEADLINE FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARDS JAN 11
FRASER VALLEY, BC – Nominations are being accepted until Friday, Jan 11 for the 16th Annual Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards. The event is presented by Abbotsford Community Services in partnership with Mission Community Services, Chilliwack Community Services and the Langley New Directions English Language School. Concepts of cultural diversity include age, gender, abilities, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, […]
VALLÉE NAMED HEAD COACH, GENERAL MANAGER OF CEBL TEAM, HAMILTON HONEY BADGERS
Becomes first woman in basketball history to hold both roles with a men’s professional team; second woman ever to be head coach of a men’s professional basketball team Chantal Vallée, one of the all-time winningest coaches in Canadian basketball, has been named the first-ever Head Coach and General Manager of the Hamilton Honey Badgers of […]
Feature
Disinfection – Making Our Water Safe
By Pete Scales, M. Ag BSc (hon) In this modern age, in thriving communities, in developed countries, so many things in our lives are taken for granted. Case in point: safe and abundant drinking water. Safe and dare I say, abundant drinking water is generally considered the responsibility of municipalities and/or regional authorities, which in turn […]
The Stealth Political Offloading of Expenses On To Your Back Continues: Part 1
The Stealth Political Offloading of Expenses On To Your Back Continues Your World Is About To Get More Expensive, But Not In The Ways You May Think. By Don R Campbell In this series, I BEGIN the long and nuanced discussion around the meddling by the Federal and Provincial governments into the housing markets […]
Agricultural Enhancement grant applications now being accepted
Abbotsford Community Foundation announces launch of the 2019 Agriculture Grants program. The Abbotsford Community Foundation (ACF) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2019 Agricultural Enhancement grants are now being accepted. “In 2019, the focus of this round of funding is revitalization of unused or underutilized farmland located within the Abbotsford ALR and we […]
For the Record
Convocation is a Time of Celebration, Reflection and Inspiration
By:Justin P. Goodrich, LL.M Spoiler alert – this week’s edition of For The Record will have absolutely nothing to do with politics or public affairs. This week I am putting on my academic hat and getting introspective. For those who may not know, when I’m not busy serving as the managing partner of a […]
Right Needs to Take-Back Progressive Narrative
By:Justin P. Goodrich, LL.M June 1st, 2018 I’m not sure when it happened, though it seems to have happened rather recently. Every time I turn-on the news or load-up a social media app I hear about the ‘progressive’ left. In a previous edition of For the Record I talked about the notion that […]
The Value of Conventional Political Engagement
In a previous edition (April 6th, 2018) I wrote about protestors and the role that protesting plays within political activism. In that column I outlined what I saw as the ‘right’ way versus the ‘wrong’ way to protest. Having said that, as someone who is politically engaged it only seems fitting that I now dedicate […]
Health
Carbon Capture And Sequestration (CCS)
By Pete Scales M.Ag, BSc EP This globe of ours is heating up. And now, just a month after the historic Paris Agreement on climate change it is generally acknowledged that this temperature increase is largely man made and that we have to do something to keep the temperatures from rising more than 1.5° Celsius, […]
CPR, AEDs And 911 Saving Lives
By Pete Scales M.Ag, BSc EP Two short, three-letter abbreviations and three numbers that when used together can save the life of a loved one or a complete stranger. CPR – Cardio (meaning heart) plus Pulmonary (meaning lungs) and Resuscitation (meaning restore) – has been around for approximately fifty years and in that time has undergone […]
How Science Proved That Vancouver’s Insite Works
By Pete Scales M.Ag, BSc (hon) Photo credit to www.huffingtonpost.com Vancouver’s safe injection site, Insite, a project that started out as an experiment, works but it took a good dose of scientific method and scrupulous data crunching to prove it. Researchers had to find a way to cut through biases of a sceptical public and a suspicious […]
Partners
ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਇੱਕ ਰਹੱਸ ਹੈ, ਅਧਿਐਨ ਦਰਸਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ
ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ, 18 ਜੂਨ 2019/CNW/ – ਐਲਕਨ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਇੱਕ ਸਰਵੇਖਣ ਤੋਂ ਪਤਾ ਲੱਗਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਅੱਧੇ ਤੋਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਵਾਸੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਅਤੇ ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਦੀ ਸਰਜ਼ਰੀ ਬਾਰੇ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਤਾ; ਅਤੇ 59 ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਅਣਜਾਣ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਇੱਕੋ ਵਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਮੋਤੀਆਬਿੰਦ ਅਤੇ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਦੇ ਹੋਰ ਰੋਗਾਂ ਦਾ ਇਲਾਜ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕਈ […]
The Stealth Political Offloading of Expenses On To Your Back Continues: Part 1
The Stealth Political Offloading of Expenses On To Your Back Continues Your World Is About To Get More Expensive, But Not In The Ways You May Think. By Don R Campbell In this series, I BEGIN the long and nuanced discussion around the meddling by the Federal and Provincial governments into the housing markets […]
Agricultural Enhancement grant applications now being accepted
Abbotsford Community Foundation announces launch of the 2019 Agriculture Grants program. The Abbotsford Community Foundation (ACF) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2019 Agricultural Enhancement grants are now being accepted. “In 2019, the focus of this round of funding is revitalization of unused or underutilized farmland located within the Abbotsford ALR and we […]
Politics
The Stealth Political Offloading of Expenses On To Your Back Continues: Part 1
The Stealth Political Offloading of Expenses On To Your Back Continues Your World Is About To Get More Expensive, But Not In The Ways You May Think. By Don R Campbell In this series, I BEGIN the long and nuanced discussion around the meddling by the Federal and Provincial governments into the housing markets […]
Mayor Henry Braun seeks Re-Election in 2018 Abbotsford Municipal Elections
As an Abbotsford resident since 1953, a city councillor for three years, and now the mayor of our city, Henry Braun has been leading the way forward in making Abbotsford one of the best places to live, work, learn and play. Before his leadership role in the city, Henry Braun was the co-owner, president and […]
Shirley Wilson seeks re-election as Abbotsford School District Trustee
Shirley Wilson has served 13 years on the Abbotsford School Board as a school trustee and has been a strong advocate for providing world class, innovative, and individualized education for all students in Abbotsford. On October 20th, she re-seeks a seat on the board. “We are entering a very exciting time in education with curriculum […]
Applying Science
Disinfection – Making Our Water Safe
By Pete Scales, M. Ag BSc (hon) In this modern age, in thriving communities, in developed countries, so many things in our lives are taken for granted. Case in point: safe and abundant drinking water. Safe and dare I say, abundant drinking water is generally considered the responsibility of municipalities and/or regional authorities, which in […]
How Science Proved That Vancouver’s Insite Works
Vancouver’s safe injection site, Insite, a project that started out as an experiment, works but it took a good dose of scientific method and scrupulous data crunching to prove it. Researchers had to find a way to cut through biases of a sceptical public and a suspicious political front. Insite opened in September 2003, the […]
Carbon Capture And Sequestration (CCS)
By Pete Scales M.Ag, BSc EP This globe of ours is heating up. And now, just a month after the historic Paris Agreement on climate change it is generally acknowledged that this temperature increase is largely man made and that we have to do something to keep the temperatures from rising more than 1.5° Celsius, […]