Opinion

Editor: It is the time of year when the farmer who uses the fields behind Beach Grove Park and along the 17A dike starts plowing and fertilizing his fields.

We are blessed in this bountiful province with much in the way of natural resources, everything from our forests to our mines to our newest darling, liquefied natural gas.

Editor: With the prospect of new retail and commercial developments opening in South Delta in just over two years, existing business owners - small, medium and large alike - are naturally concerned about their future and the ongoing viability of thei

Editor: The B.C. Supreme Court decision regarding Langley City and Trinity Western now raises the prospect that the current Metro Regional Growth Strategy has no legal status, and is merely advisory.

You probably haven't heard about it, but the Welcoming Communities Project (WCP) wraps up this month. The project was a 15-month endeavour funded by the provincial Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills.

Editor: Re: Time to fund tower fight, letter to the editor, March 14 Pardon my ignorance, but why do the residents of Delta/Point Roberts again have to open their pockets to defend something that should not be happening to begin with? We are constant

Editor: I was the unfortunate recipient of the first accident at 6:45 a.m. that caused chaos on Highway 17A last Wednesday, March 12.

Editor: We bemoan $300,000 spent considering the Southlands application and 60,000 truckloads of fill travelling 56th Street. These result in large part from B.C.

Let's hope Port Metro Vancouver doesn't view a consultant's report quite the same way.

Editor: Re: It's imperative not to confuse capitalism with democracy, letter to the editor, Feb. 28, and Ideals depend on each other, letter to the editor, March 5 R. Brown's letter was one of the best letters I have seen in a long time.