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PHOTOS: Search and Rescue Safety Day

PHOTOS: Search and Rescue Safety Day

Delta throwback: Scott Road corridor (PHOTOS)

Delta throwback: Scott Road corridor (PHOTOS)

Let’s take a step back in time and check out the busy Scott Road (120th Street) corridor back in the 1970s. It’s easy to see there doesn’t seem to be many drastic changes on the strip since those days.
Yukon Dan wins bronze in Finland

Yukon Dan wins bronze in Finland

Dan Moore – (A.K.A.) Yukon Dan has returned home with a bronze medal for Canada at the World Gold Panning Championships in Tankavaara, Finland.
Delta throwback: Aug. 11, 1982 edition

Delta throwback: Aug. 11, 1982 edition

Let’s take another step back in time and check out what was happening in the pages of the Delta Optimist on this day in 1982. The lead story in the Aug.
Delta throwback: Will tunnel tolls return?

Delta throwback: Will tunnel tolls return?

This 1959 Delta Archives photo shows a toll ticket for the new Deas Island tunnel. Tolls were removed in 1964 and have not been in place for the tunnel ever since.
Throwback: A new mall coming to Delta

Throwback: A new mall coming to Delta

Let’s go back a few decades to North Delta. Here’s an artist's rendition of the new shopping center, Delta Shopper's Mall, scheduled to open on Nov. 9, 1972 at 120th Street (Scott Road) and 80th Avenue.
Delta Optimist throwback: July 28, 1971 edition

Delta Optimist throwback: July 28, 1971 edition

Let’s go back to this day in 1971 and check out some of the things that ran in the pages of the Delta Optimis t on July 28 that year.
Delta throwback: Gunn house (PHOTOS)

Delta throwback: Gunn house (PHOTOS)

It’s a beautifully restored heritage home that will be greeting those entering the new community of Southlands.
Delta throwback: A quick history of parks

Delta throwback: A quick history of parks

Let’s take a step back in time in the archives of the Delta Optimist where columnist Edgar Dunning explored the history of the municipality’s more prominent parks.
Kick cancer's A$$ at Big Splash this Saturday

Kick cancer's A$$ at Big Splash this Saturday

Fundraising event being held to support Volunteer Cancer Drivers