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Friday - May 23, 2025 - Supportive housing plotted for Abbotsford
Grace Kennedy
May 23, 2025
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Good morning!
The other day, my husband got me ditch flowers—beautiful white and purple blooms that seem to grow primarily in the ditches near our home. Wildflower bouquets are some of my favourites, and this one was especially lovely.
It reminded me of the first time he ever brought home wildflowers. He had gone out that day with our daughter, and grabbed some unnamed and untamed blossoms growing on the side of the road. He put them in a vase, put the vase on the table, and waited.
He had to wait for three days for me to notice they were even there.
This time, thankfully, I saw the flowers as soon as he got home. But I still have the looming guilt of ignoring (albeit unintentionally) such a lovely gift for so long all those years ago.
– Grace
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North Fraser bus route delayed yet again
The province will not be funding a new bus route between Agassiz and Mission next year. 📷 Grace Kennedy
A long-awaited bus route along Highway 7 won’t happen for at least another year.
The route, which would take passengers between Agassiz and Mission, didn’t receive provincial funding for 2026, a new report to local politicians reveals.
Other transit projects in the Fraser Valley, however, had better luck.
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The Agenda
A new supportive housing project could be going in next to Hearthstone Place in downtown Abbotsford. 📷 Google Maps; Tyler Olsen
New supportive housing project plotted for downtown Abbotsford
An application has been filed to build a second supportive housing building next to Abbotsford’s Hearthstone Place on Gladys Avenue.
Online records show the City of Abbotsford has received a development permit application related to the proposed construction of a six-storey, 40-unit apartment building at the intersection of Gladys and George Ferguson Way.
The building would include 40 units “for individuals experiencing risk of homelessness,” according to the application, which was submitted in early May.
The building would be next to Hearthstone Place, a 30-unit building that opened in 2017. Hearthstone was Abbotsford’s first supportive housing building and was controversial when first approved by council.
A 2014 proposal to construct an apartment building to house homeless people had been rejected by Abbotsford council amid significant community debate and opposition from the local business community. Two years later, following an election that ousted then-Mayor Bruce Banman, Abbotsford approved what would become Hearthstone Place.
In the years since and amid a province-wide housing crunch, such projects have become more common and much less controversial.
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🗓 Things to do
Blues concert: Bozzini's Restaurant hosts blues vocalist Angel Forrest and her partner Denis Columbe on Saturday as part of her 2025 tour. Details online.
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