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Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday

The Optimist is taking a step back in time each week with Throwback Thursday. We’ll dig up an interesting item from the pages of the paper’s back issues and post it online. This week we go back to 1968.

Hwy. 10 in Delta closed after collision

Two people sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries
Islanders come strong out of the gate

Islanders come strong out of the gate

Junior "A" club wins three of four games and looks to be in position to battle three other teams for top playoff seeds
It's a trip of a lifetime on the high seas for Ladner man

It's a trip of a lifetime on the high seas for Ladner man

Jim Poirier is nine months into a sailing odyssey that has taken him as far away as Easter Island

Average Delta property tax bill to rise by $40

The average Delta home will see an increase of around $40 on this year's property tax bill. Delta council gave conditional approval Monday night to a 1.9 per cent increase - 0.7 per cent for general municipal services, 0.

Whole lot to like about having a bigger target

Now we're talking. Now, at long last, there's something sensible happening to the game of golf. Now, just perhaps, the golf mates and I will do what we haven't done for a good long time.

100th birthday is one of the happiest days of her life

Margaret Treleaven celebrates with a pair of parties
Metro hearing on Southlands wraps in a day

Metro hearing on Southlands wraps in a day

Speakers limited to three minutes as regional district hears pros and cons of Southlands development plan

Delta gets flood protection funding from senior gov't

Delta will receive just over $666,000 from the federal and provincial governments in flood protection funding.

Coming Events

Clubs & Groups .Fun and friendly volunteers are needed for a children's thrift store in downtown Ladner. Reach Child and Youth Development Society is a non-profit organization that helps children with special needs.