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Lure of sweet treats can be beaten

Canada feels less safe this week. A number of recent events have shaken our security to the core. Terrorism hit our shores with the tragic attacks on Canadian military personnel in Quebec and Ottawa, and on Parliament Hill.

Ghost tour tells tales of city with a spectral past

Delta Mayor Lois Jackson visited Delta Hospital last Wednesday to see some of the Delta Hospital Auxiliary volunteers in action. Jackson dropped in on the Pillow Pals volunteers during one of the group’s monthly work sessions.

Rick Holmes won the Humourous Speech Contest and Sean Bideshi won the Table Topics contest at a Toastmasters Area 50 contest last week. Holmes is a member of the Deltones club (Ladner) while Bideshi is an Ambassador (Tsawwassen).

Members of the 3rd Boundary Bay Cubs and Beavers raised over $2,000 during Apple Day earlier this month. The annual fundraiser, held at the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall, started with a torrential downpour but ended by raising an unprecedented amount.

Miniature horses from Ladner’s Tiny Tales Pony Rescue Society were a big hit at last Saturday’s Family Fall Fair Fundraiser at the Westham Island Winery.

“Trust the mules,” Buzzy Sproat says soothingly. Before I trust the mules, I have to trust the man himself: a grizzled, grey-bearded muleskinner in signature leather chaps.