INSIDE: Everything you need to know about the Agrifair
Pg. 11-22 T U E S D A Y
July 30, 2013
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FOLK FEST –
SPORTS,
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Trudeau pops by for a visit
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Banman intervenes on ACS issue
MUSICAL FOLK
Mayor tells organizations to ‘get together’ to solve dispute ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com
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“The victim is hit by eggs, and as you can imagine, doesn’t take kindly to it,” said MacDonald. “She approaches the vehicle to confront them and it accelerates away. She’s standing to the side and gets tangled in the wheels.” It would be clear to the driver and passengers that something went wrong, he added.
undreds of people packed an open house hosted by Abbotsford Community Services around its controversial housing project for homeless men. Both proponents and critics of the proposed 20-bed low-barrier facility attended the information session. The project, a supportive transitional housing project in the downtown area where men who are homeless or at risk of being homeless can live for up to two years, has caused extensive friction in the community. As a “housing first” initiative, the facility adjacent to ACS at 2408 Montvue Ave. wouldn’t require residents to stop using drugs or alcohol before obtaining a stable home. Rather, they’d be encouraged to take treatment and other services once they have stable shelter. The Abbotsford Downtown Business Association, which opposes the project’s location and the rezoning necessary for it to go ahead, has launched a petition against the facility. ADBA and many of its members feel the residence will impact businesses in the historic downtown core and draw crime and open-air drug use to the area. In turn, the ACS has launched a website and education campaign to address “misinformation” around the project. Abbotsford Mayor Bruce Banman said the community division and polarized nature of the debate over the project is counterproductive.
see ARRESTS, page A6
see ACS, page A6
– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES
Crow Quill Night Owls kept the Mission Folk Music Festival crowd entertained with their unique hillbilly bluegrass sound, described as ‘post-modern jug band music’ on Saturday afternoon. The annual weekend-long festival was another huge success. See page 25 and www.abbotsfordtimes.com for more photos.
Arrests made in hit-and-run ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com
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hree youths involved in the Abbotsford hit-and-run early Saturday that left a 17-yearold girl with two broken legs have surrendered to police. The three teenage males turned themselves in at Abbotsford Police station at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, accompanied by their parents, said
Three teens turn themselves in after Saturday incident leaves female with pair of broken legs
Const. Ian MacDonald. The truck involved in the hit-andrun has been seized and all three teenagers are facing charges. The victim and her two friends were sitting at a bus stop on George
Ferguson Way near Gladwin Road just prior to 1 a.m. on Saturday when a white Dodge pickup with silver rims slowed down and the occupants began throwing eggs at the girls.
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