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Future drainage fees? Letter to residents unnecessarily ‘ruffled feathers,’ says mayor Neil CORBETT Abbotsford News
City officials are clarifying and apologizing for a letter to upland rural Abbotsford residents, which said they will be responsible for maintaining the ditches and streams on and
bordering their properties. Nevertheless, it remains possible the city could introduce a new ditching and drainage fee to pay for the work. The letter, received last week, tells residents of the rural upland areas of Bradner,
Mount Lehman, Sumas Mountain and Vedder Mountain that they will be responsible for maintaining waterways – only after obtaining the proper approvals from city hall, the provincial Ministry of Environment, and federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Continued on A7
BREAKING THE SILENCE
Abuse victim speaks out at domestic violence workshop
A5 An Abbotsford woman bonds with the third guide dog in her life
CITY PONDERS FEE HIKES A3 Business owners say increases to licence costs will hit hard
Vikki HOPES Abbotsford News
K
amal Dhillon has no explanation for what prompted her husband to beat and torture her over their 12-year marriage, other than his desire to exert power and control over her. She was 18 years old when she was wed through an arranged marriage. She grew up in a “healthy” home and had not previously been exposed to abuse. “Within weeks of being married, he broke my nose because I spoke out. I said, ‘Please don’t drink and drive.’ “I didn’t know that this family didn’t take orders from women.” The abuse occurred almost daily and included several attempts and threats on her life. He would choke her when she was trying to sleep or try to push her into the ocean so she would drown. He would drag her by her hair, burn her with his cigarettes, rape her and beat her. Whenever Kamal tried to leave, her husband would threaten to kill her and her family, or to take their four children away.
Author Kamal Dhillon spoke at domestic violence workshop here on Tuesday.
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