Opinion

The fresh fruit and veggies are certainly a welcome byproduct when I grow, share and trade my backyard bounty, but I grow food because it is fun and I get to be outside.

Editor: If people want to save farmland, then I have a suggestion for them: reach into your office desk, pull out your chequebook and together buy the farmland that is suitable for growing.

Editor: The other day I drove down to mail some letters. I hopped out of my car to put them in the box and upon returning to my vehicle found I had locked the door. The vehicle was running and my purse with the extra key was on the seat inside.

Editor: A revitalization of Ladner is welcomed, but four-storey buildings are definitely not in keeping with the heritage character of the neighbourhood.

"Dad, what should I do when I finish high school?" This is a question I've been dealing with these days. My son is in Grade 11 and looking at his future. I've been trying to forget he's almost finished high school.

Editor: The application to build 950 homes on the Southlands requires a change in the Official Community Plan. For more than three decades this land has remained designated and zoned as agricultural.

Editor: Re: Can't afford to lose more farmland, letter to the editor, April 25 Now that we are all back from our winter breaks, spring breaks, etc.

When it comes to Delta's commercial areas, there seems to be a difference between what's viable and what's desirable.

Editor: Re: Farmer wants ALR abolished, letter to the editor, April 25 So Trevor Harris is "tired of listening to the B.S. about saving the farmland here in Delta.

Editor: The Liberals and Port Metro Vancouver have steamrolled ahead removing hundreds of hectares of food-lands to establish the Gateway Project and the South Fraser Perimeter Road in order to expedite container traffic out to Port Kells and numerou