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This map illustrates the number of active COVID-19 cases in Greater Vancouver from Sept. 12 to 18, 2021. (BC Centre for Disease Control image)

Active COVID-19 cases in Delta down again for third straight week

44 cases the week ending Sept. 11; down another 11 after hitting a three-month high two weeks ago

This map illustrates the number of active COVID-19 cases in Greater Vancouver from Sept. 12 to 18, 2021. (BC Centre for Disease Control image)
Photographer Wayne Turner shows a visitor a selection of prints during the 2019 Delta Studio Stomp. After taking a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual open studio tour returns for 2021 on Sept. 25-26. (James Smith photo)

Happening around Delta: week of Sept. 23

Weekly events and community listings for North Delta and beyond

Photographer Wayne Turner shows a visitor a selection of prints during the 2019 Delta Studio Stomp. After taking a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual open studio tour returns for 2021 on Sept. 25-26. (James Smith photo)
Volunteers with the student-led Uplift Canada Foundation will be in the North Delta area on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 to pick up clothing donations that will be distributed to local shelters. (Contributed photo)

Uplift Canada Foundation to collect unused clothing in North Delta this Saturday

Items to be redistributed to residents of various Lower Mainland shelters

Volunteers with the student-led Uplift Canada Foundation will be in the North Delta area on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 to pick up clothing donations that will be distributed to local shelters. (Contributed photo)
Delta candidate Carla Qualtrough was joined by other Lower Mainland Liberal candidates at Wellington Point Park in Ladner on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 to announce that a re-elected Liberal government would ban the export of thermal coal, both from and through Canada, by no later than 2030. (James Smith photo)

Liberal Qualtrough to serve third term as Delta’s MP

With 175 of 181 polls reporting in, Qualtrough had 42.1 per cent of the vote

Delta candidate Carla Qualtrough was joined by other Lower Mainland Liberal candidates at Wellington Point Park in Ladner on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 to announce that a re-elected Liberal government would ban the export of thermal coal, both from and through Canada, by no later than 2030. (James Smith photo)
Six candidates vying to be Delta’s next MP. Top row, from left: Carla Qualtrough (Liberal Party), Monika Dean (NDP) and Jeremy Smith (Green Party). Bottom row, from left: Garry Shearer (Conservative Party), Hong Yan Pan (independent) and Paul Tarasenko (People’s Party of Canada). (submitted photos)

Delta MP candidates answer reader questions

Voters head to the polls on Monday, Sept. 20

Six candidates vying to be Delta’s next MP. Top row, from left: Carla Qualtrough (Liberal Party), Monika Dean (NDP) and Jeremy Smith (Green Party). Bottom row, from left: Garry Shearer (Conservative Party), Hong Yan Pan (independent) and Paul Tarasenko (People’s Party of Canada). (submitted photos)
Paul Tarasenko, People’s Party candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)

Delta MP candidates answer your questions: PPC’s Paul Tarasenko

Candidates were asked to answer five questions submitted by North Delta Reporter readers

Paul Tarasenko, People’s Party candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)
Jeremy Smith, Green Party candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)

Delta MP candidates answer your questions: Green Jeremy Smith

Candidates were asked to answer five questions submitted by North Delta Reporter readers

Jeremy Smith, Green Party candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)
Garry Shearer, Conservative Party candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)

Delta MP candidates answer your questions: Conservative Garry Shearer

Candidates were asked to answer five questions submitted by North Delta Reporter readers

Garry Shearer, Conservative Party candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)
Carla Qualtrough, Liberal Party candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)

Delta MP candidates answer your questions: Liberal Carla Qualtrough

Candidates were asked to answer five questions submitted by North Delta Reporter readers

Carla Qualtrough, Liberal Party candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)
Hong Yan Pan, independent candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)

Delta MP candidates answer your questions: Hong Yan Pan

Candidates were asked to answer five questions submitted by North Delta Reporter readers

Hong Yan Pan, independent candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)
Monika Dean, NDP candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)

Delta MP candidates answer your questions: NDP’s Monika Dean

Candidates were asked to answer five questions submitted by North Delta Reporter readers

Monika Dean, NDP candidate for Delta MP. (submitted photo)
A rendering of the Delta by Marriott Hotel being built as part of the new Cascades Casino Delta entertainment complex, located at the interchange of Highway 99 and Highway 17A in Ladner. (Submitted photo)

Hotel operator announced for Delta casino

$70M facility to include restaurants, meeting spaces, around 500 slot machines and 30 table games

A rendering of the Delta by Marriott Hotel being built as part of the new Cascades Casino Delta entertainment complex, located at the interchange of Highway 99 and Highway 17A in Ladner. (Submitted photo)
This map illustrates the number of active COVID-19 cases in Greater Vancouver from Sept. 5 to 11, 2021. (BC Centre for Disease Control image)

Active COVID-19 cases in Delta fall for second straight week

44 cases the week ending Sept. 11; down another 11 after hitting a three-month high two weeks ago

This map illustrates the number of active COVID-19 cases in Greater Vancouver from Sept. 5 to 11, 2021. (BC Centre for Disease Control image)
Four candidates took part in the Delta Residents Association’s virtual all-candidates meeting on Saturday, Sept. 11. Top row, from left: Liberal candidate Carla Qualtrough, DRA director Christina Shyong, NDP candidate Monika Dean. Bottom row, from left: Green Party candidate Jeremy Smith and People’s Party candidate Paul Tarasenko. (Delta Residents Association/YouTube screen shot)

Candidates answer Delta residents’ questions during virtual event

The Delta Residents Association hosted a virtual all-candidates meeting on Sept. 11

Four candidates took part in the Delta Residents Association’s virtual all-candidates meeting on Saturday, Sept. 11. Top row, from left: Liberal candidate Carla Qualtrough, DRA director Christina Shyong, NDP candidate Monika Dean. Bottom row, from left: Green Party candidate Jeremy Smith and People’s Party candidate Paul Tarasenko. (Delta Residents Association/YouTube screen shot)
From left: Candidates Jeremy Smith (Green), Garry Shearer (Conservative) and Carla Qualtrough (Liberal) took part in a business-focused candidates forum hosted by the Delta Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Sept. 14. (James Smith photos)

Business, housing, Massey Tunnel discussed at Delta Chamber candidates forum

Liberal, Conservative and Green candidates took part in business-focused event Sept. 14

From left: Candidates Jeremy Smith (Green), Garry Shearer (Conservative) and Carla Qualtrough (Liberal) took part in a business-focused candidates forum hosted by the Delta Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Sept. 14. (James Smith photos)
Volunteers clean up invasive plant species from the Delta Nature Reserve. (Lower Mainland Green Team photo)

Happening around Delta: week of Sept. 16

Weekly events and community listings for North Delta and beyond

Volunteers clean up invasive plant species from the Delta Nature Reserve. (Lower Mainland Green Team photo)
The Delta School District is receiving $165,000 in provincial funding to build an accessible playground at North Delta’s Jarvis Traditional Elementary. Pictured is a similar playground installed at Evans Elementary in Chilliwack in 2015. (Submitted photo)

New accessible playground funded for North Delta elementary school

District to receive $165,000 from the ministry for a new playground at Jarvis Traditional Elementary

The Delta School District is receiving $165,000 in provincial funding to build an accessible playground at North Delta’s Jarvis Traditional Elementary. Pictured is a similar playground installed at Evans Elementary in Chilliwack in 2015. (Submitted photo)
(Delta Police Department photo)

Suspicious behaviour of North Delta driver leads to arrest, charges

Jason Allan Gross, 39, of Chilliwack is facing six charges relating to the incident

(Delta Police Department photo)
Six candidates are vying to be Delta’s next MP: (top row, from left) Carla Qualtrough (Liberal Party), Monika Dean (NDP), Jeremy Smith (Green Party); (bottom row, from left) Garry Shearer (Conservative Party), Hong Yan Pan (independent) and Paul Tarasenko (People’s Party of Canada). (submitted photos)

Tonight’s Delta all-candidates meeting cancelled

Delta Residents Association event on Sept. 11, Delta Chamber of Commerce event on Sept. 14 still a go

Six candidates are vying to be Delta’s next MP: (top row, from left) Carla Qualtrough (Liberal Party), Monika Dean (NDP), Jeremy Smith (Green Party); (bottom row, from left) Garry Shearer (Conservative Party), Hong Yan Pan (independent) and Paul Tarasenko (People’s Party of Canada). (submitted photos)
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Happening around Delta: week of Sept. 9

Weekly events and community listings for North Delta and beyond

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