Opinion

Editor: Re: Delta power lines should have gone out to port, letter to the editor, Oct. 23 Heather Colls' letter suggests that Port Metro Vancouver should have been responsible for burying the 230 kV power lines on Highway 17.

Editor: As someone who has worked with the Cross Border Coalition to Stop the Radio Towers and the cartoonist responsible for the Dragon Slayers cartoon, I'd like to briefly try to set the record straight relative to concerns that politicians are try

Editor: The MK Delta Lands development proposal for its property in North Delta has been the spark for some controversy - sometimes being characterized as North Delta's Southlands issue.

Editor: The murder of two Canadian soldiers by Islamic maniacs were acts of terrorism; and rightly declared so by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

In a few days we will time out to acknowledge Remembrance Day, as we have done each year for almost a century. Over the past decade, the day and ceremony has taken on new and more significant meaning in many of our lives.

Editor: Many thanks to Tsawwassen First Nation for hosting the all-candidates meeting for Delta school board last Monday evening.

How much traffic can a highway, even a shiny new one, possibly handle? I was pondering that question earlier this week after news broke that B.C. Ferries was looking to re-route all Vancouver Island-bound traffic through Tsawwassen.

Editor: I had the occasion to visit the Vancouver Landfill last week from my home in Tsawwassen. I headed out on the new South Fraser Perimeter Road and did not see one directional sign telling me where to go as I headed east.

Editor: Citizens of Delta South have another opportunity to weigh in on the provision of health services in Delta - and across B.C.

According to Metro Vancouver’s recent ad in the Georgia Straight, about 30 per cent of curbside garbage is food waste. I find this amazing especially given the amount of publicity given to the topic.