Opinion

I don’t like to talk about winter but with our first frost happening this week, its time to think about protecting your garden. If you haven’t brought your containers near the house or inside to protect them from the elements now is the time.

Editor: Here's a math quiz: If Johnny Stoopid has a string of illegal firecrackers and lets them off in the dead of night in front of a 50-unit condo building, how many people did he wake? Bonus question: Are Mr.and Mrs.

So, you don't think you'll find the time to vote tomorrow? Well, you certainly won't be alone given two out of every three eligible Delta voters didn't cast a ballot in the last civic election.

I can recall asking my mom and dad who they voted for as a kid and they would consistently reply, "None of your business." They would only tell me that they, for the most part, voted for the person and not the party.

Editor: While trying to keep the public calm during the Ebola scare, we have heard from those in the know that we should be more fearful of influenza. Dr.

Editor: Once again the planners and organizers of the Ladner Remembrance Day ceremony are to be thanked for their selfless contribution to our wonderful community.

Editor: It's truly shocking to review statistics from the last election in 2011 and see that only 33.5 per cent of Delta voted.

Editor: Re: FHA no longer holding free flu shot clinic at McKee, letter to the editor, Oct.

Editor: During the current election campaign, in contrast to what some Delta council candidates are proposing for the future of Paterson Park, an overwhelming majority of Delta residents support public ownership.

Editor: The lives of people living and working in Delta have been put in jeopardy because the Ministry of Health and the Fraser Health Authority will not sufficiently fund a 24/7 surgical program at Delta Hospital, an emergency service most communiti