A highlight of my year is reading the mayor's letter enclosed with the Corporation of Delta's annual property tax notice. It notes that "this year's property tax is one of the lowest in the region," implying that there can be more than one lowest tax...
It's hard to argue with a move that will save the municipality a couple hundred grand, so Delta council's decision to grant Scott Hamilton a leave rather than hold a by-election makes a lot of fiscal sense.
Chinese pioneers arrived in Delta in the 1880s after working in the gold fields, railway construction and road building. They were attracted to the Ladner area as work was readily available on farms, with salmon fishing and its canneries lining the banks...
In organizations as large as our province's sprawling health authorities, I'm sure there are innumerable ways to either save a buck or extract one from consumers of the service. With all these options available, who could possibly think that gouging ...
What brings people in a community together? Big sporting events like the Olympics or the infrequent Canucks' playoff run get people excited. Sometimes it's helping others dealing with an emergency, like a flood or a fire.
I suspect I wasn't alone in thinking all the tunnel talk that took place during this month's provincial election campaign might well have been a moot point. The prevailing wisdom, or at least the pollsters, had the Liberals headed for defeat, which would...
In the past few weeks I have noticed some progress on the South Fraser Perimeter Road where it intersects Highway 17, but not much where it intersects Highway 99. I still can't figure out the rationale for this road.
First of all, congratulations to Vicki Huntington and Scott Hamilton on their recent election as MLAs for Delta South and Delta North, respectively. Also congratulations to Bruce McDonald and Sylvia Bishop who finished in the runner up positions in the...
Scott Hamilton, who has spent the last decade on Delta council, will soon have to vacate that position after he was elected as the Liberal MLA for Delta North in the provincial election earlier this month. Exactly when Hamilton bids farewell to municipal...
