Opinion

Editor: OK, deep breath everyone! Recent approvals for controversial fossil fuel projects will put tankers along our coast and into the Fraser River transporting bitumen and jet fuel, respectively.

As we close out the year and start a new one, it’s a good time to look back at where we have been and look forward to what’s ahead. As we go into 2014, there are a few things I’ve been wondering about: 1.

It’s a slightly longer route but it will prove to be quicker because of the absence of traffic lights.

Editor: The South Fraser Perimeter Road is a nice new road to drive on... until you head southbound out of the George Massey Tunnel.

Editor: It is heartening to read P. and D. Gowing's and M. Mayson's letters in the Optimist rallying business support and expressing sympathy for the owners of Amanda Jewelers whose store in the Town Centre Mall was recently robbed.

He certainly doesn't seek the spotlight, but, for the second year in a row, Sean Hodgins has found himself as the Optimist's Newsmaker of the Year.

Editor: Re: Dangerous spot for traffic to merge, letter to the editor, Dec. 18 I agree with Tom Griffing that one of the lanes that curve northbound into Highway 99 from Highway 17A has been stolen.

Editor: I questioned Delta council recently about the Ladner skateboard park, but with limited amount of time we could not speak directly about it.

Editor: Re: Farmers leasing TFN land, Dec. 18 This is certainly good news for the long-term health of Delta farmland and I congratulate the Tsawwassen First Nation for its intention to use the land for agriculture.

Editor: Re: Crime Beat, Dec. 20 I read in the Crime Beat that a person was reported to police for allegedly smoking cannabis on Central Avenue in Ladner.