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Going Hungry to Help
Last year's Burnsview students raised $40,000 for the 30-Hour Famine. Burnsview Secondary School students are starving for attention. But not from their teachers or peers. More than 400 of the Delta...
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Fraser Health helps patients get fit before surgery
Fraser Health Authority has partnered with Steve Nash Fitness World and Sports Club to get patients in shape for their surgeries. People from Fraser Health waiting for surgery are eligible for free...
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Delta and Surrey host Earth Week celebrations
Visit Burns Bog as part of your Earth Week celebrations. Ian Smith/PNG Files What better way to celebrate Earth Week than to visit the Lungs of the Lower Mainland? The Burns Bog Conservation Society is...
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Fraser Surrey Docks coal port expansion forum Wednesday
Burns Bog Conservation Society is giving citizens a chance to voice concerns about the proposed coal port expansion at Fraser Surrey Docks. (Arlen Redekop / PNG) As part of its continued opposition to...
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Farm photo of the week (Oct. 27, 2013) – Snow geese in a farmer’s field
This week’s farm photo highlights what was once an annual problem for Delta and Richmond farmers. Migratory snow geese feed on grass roots, causing severe damage to fields. But local farmers are...
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News – Southlands development gets a green light
After no less than 30 years of discussion, a former potato farm in Delta will finally be developed. On Friday, Delta council approved a 950-home development after the owner agreed to sign over 80 per...
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Letter of the Week: Vancouver’s bad attitude to cars keeps us away
I will begin by confessing that I have sinned. I attended the Culture Crawl last Sunday in Vancouver and thoroughly enjoyed the event but the parking was a nightmare. I parked where no man should have...
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Farm photo of the week (Nov. 24, 2013) – Blueberry fields forever
I’ve often thought blueberry bushes would make great landscape shrubs because they have such wonderful colour in fall and winter. But B.C.’s blueberry farms are more than pretty, they’re also...
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Farm photo of the week (Dec. 15, 2013) – Meet Alba the barn owl
Meet Alba, the barn owl. She lives at OWL, the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta. She was born in 2011, but fell out of her nest and broke a wing, leaving her unable to fly. Unlike the...
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VIDEO – Lydia Ryall wins B.C.’s 2014 Outstanding Young Farmer award
B.C.’s 2014 Outstanding Young Farmer is a familiar face at the Vancouver farmers’ markets. Lydia Ryall, owner of Cropthorne Farm on Westham Island, took home the award on Thursday. Judges said it was a...
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A great Sunday read – One farmer’s musings
This week, 29-year-old Delta farmer Lydia Ryall won the B.C. Outstanding Young Farmer award for 2014. A post she wrote on her farm’s blog about farmland and development is today’s great Sunday read....
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Diary of an Immigrant: Cody and Chantal: a personal tribute
Two families, countless friends, a school, a community and Rugby Canada has suffered an unbearable and terrible loss this week. On Monday, two of rugby’s most promising young players, Cody Kehler and...
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Christmas Lights 2014: Richmond-Delta
Here are some of the light displays to check out in Richmond and Delta this Christmas season: 6911 No. 3 Rd. Richmond, B.C.: Winter Wonderland at Richmond City Hall Galleria 32 Christmas trees on...
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Wayne Moriarty: Nothing like a barn full of toys to put the merry in Christmas
The toy traffic controller this wintry day deep in the soul of Delta is Lorraine Yates. Lorraine is manager of operations and projects for Deltassist, a community services society and close friend of...
View ArticleWayne Moriarty: Why are some people confident they can do anything?
In another life, 25 years or so ago, I stumbled upon some freelance work reviewing restaurants in Edmonton. I brought to this assignment two key ingredients: An ability to write with modest élan, and a...
View ArticleA thousand Delta students and B.C. Lion Lulay participate in anti-bullying...
Beau Simpson NORTH DELTA — More than 1,000 students from six North Delta schools will participate in an anti-bullying flash mob on Tuesday, along with BC Lion Travis Lulay. The flash mob is being held...
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Fred Lee’s Social Network: Daffodil Ball raises $15.6m for cancer, Sources...
IN FULL BLOOM One of the leading dates on the charity circuit — the Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil Ball — once again proved why the event remains one of the province’s preeminent fundraisers. In...
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Mike Smyth: Massey Tunnel fight heats up, on the ground
Advertising pros say highway billboards are effective, even if drivers only catch a glimpse as they speed on by. So imagine the impact of a trio of billboards set up near the chronically congested...
View ArticleWith Philpot twins leading Seaquam’s charge toward double play with Triple-A...
The Seaquam Seahawks are looking to win the Subway Bowl triple-A football provincial title this season after capturing the double-A crown last December. Their coach has proof close at hand that it’s...
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