Opinion

I have never had such a wonderfully mild winter as this one. Signs of spring abound and if it stays like this until the end of the week, the chance of cold weather has passed.

Editor: It's a year since Tsawwassen First Nation's grand announcement. Mega Malls! Opening in 2016! Anchors include Walmart, Rona and Bass Pro Shops! So how're they doing? Tsawwassen Mills is becoming an impressive structure.

"The cost of acting now is less than 35 cents a day, cheaper than the postage on your ballot!" No, it's not a pitch from a humanitarian organization looking to send relief to some Third World country, but rather the rationale offered by those who wan

There were some interesting announcements from Victoria this past week. The NDP stated it would be forming an "opposition select standing committee on agriculture." The committee will be headed by Saanich South MLA Lana Popham.

Editor: Thank you very much for publishing my letter on Dec. 24. Between the efforts of club members, friends and community members, we have managed to get Delta council's attention.

Editor: Re: Transit tax is a tough sell, Jan. 28 Vicki Huntington is right in saying there's not much for Delta in the proposed transit tax. Not much has changed in that regard. Delta commuters have always been pawns in others grand plans.

Twenty-one DNCBers enjoyed a bountiful birding morning, 56 years after the “Day the Music Died,” at our “Mecca” Reifel Bird Sanctuary.

Editor: Re: Money skills should be part of school curriculum, letter to the editor, Jan. 23 Financial literacy is a strong, and mandatory, component of the school curriculum at both the elementary and secondary levels in the Delta school district.

Dogs matter.

Editor: Last Thursday afternoon, the Grade 8 girls' teams from two arch rivals, South Delta Secondary and Delta Secondary, played a classic basketball game. The game went into overtime and was won by a single point.