In the Community

The First West Foundation, through its Envision Financial Community Endowment, is giving grants to 33 deserving charities, including two in Delta.

The Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation is thanking the North Delta Lions Club for donating $2,000 to the Foundation towards the Echo Ultrasound - the future of cardiac care at Delta Hospital.

For 2020, the BC SPCA has moved its popular summer animal camps online. “Kids are invited to join the SPCA for a fun-filled, week-long Summer Session that is all about animals,” said Paula Neuman, BC SPCA humane education manager.

Deltassist is in very short supply of items for babies. Many of the programs the social services agency offers benefit families that are struggling financially and may have lost jobs due to COVID-19.

Calling all local artists - the Sunny Tsawwassen Kiosk is looking a little empty these days so they have decided to put a call out to local #DeltaBC artists to fill the kiosk with beautiful art for the whole community to enjoy.

While the COVID-19 restrictions across B.C. are gradually being lifted, the need to address food security is more pressing than ever.

There was a time Delta council fought to ensure full-service was available at local gas stations for residents.

This Saturday was supposed to be the day where airshow enthusiasts could look to the skies and head to the Boundary Bay Airport for this year’s Boundary Bay Airshow.

“What does it take to save a life and how do you become a volunteer who does?” The Canadian Lifeboat Institution will answer that question when it holds its Lifeboat Day open house at the government dock in Ladner on Saturday, July 18 from 10 a.m.

Deltassist is striving to maintain its core programs and services, even if in a modified way, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The social services agency has also created new services to help members of the Delta community during these trying times.