Opinion

Enjoy the labour peace while it lasts. It's nice to see the contract impasse between teachers and the B.C. government has been sorted out and the acrimony that plagued the recently completed school year is now truly in the past.

Editor: Re: More traffic congestion expected for tunnel, June 29 The lack of action regarding the George Massey Tunnel traffic problem should be a supreme embarrassment to the provincial government.

Editor: I live on Underhill Drive and own two cats. They are indoor/outdoor cats and have full use of a cat door. The farthest they roam is across the street and my neighbours know both of them by name.

Editor: Something very alarming is happening in Tsawwassen and it does not bode well for the commercial sector of the community. In the 1971 census, the population of Tsawwassen was 11,900 and in 2011, it was 21,000, an increase of 76 per cent.

Editor: I am so tired of reading negative letters in the local newspapers written by people who have no vision for Tsawwassen.

Editor: This message has two points: one of joy and the other not so joyous. First, I wish to thank publicly the staff at Delta Hospital and the B.C.

They do it for love, not money. For those who aren't hard core cycling fans, you might not realize the Gastown Grand Prix has returned to B.C. Superweek, the series of races that begins with this weekend's Tour de Delta.

If you do the social networking thing you will find yourself with lots to talk about if you are a backyard gardener. The weather around here has been off seasonal norms and my Zinnias can certainly attest to that.

Editor: Sometime over the long weekend vandals destroyed the fence that was built with love and care by parents of the children in the day care at Ladner United Church.

Editor, My family, the Greens, moved to Ladner on the advice of the pioneering Ladners in the 1860s. Their farm is still thriving, partly because of the ALR and partly because of our growing appreciation of reliable, local food sources.