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Delta School District headquarters in Ladner. (Grace Kennedy photo)

Delta teachers preparing for new Indigenous-focused grad requirement

Students in Grade 10 this year must complete new Indigenous-focused courses starting in 2023-24

Delta School District headquarters in Ladner. (Grace Kennedy photo)
Hundreds lined the streets for the annual North Delta Family Day parade on June 23, 2019. (Ryan McLeod photo)

North Delta family day returns this weekend

Parade starts at 11 a.m. at Sands Secondary; festival at North Delta Community Park runs 12 to 4 p.m.

Hundreds lined the streets for the annual North Delta Family Day parade on June 23, 2019. (Ryan McLeod photo)
Delta resident Nikolaos Ntokolas won $500,000 in the May 27, 2022 Lotto Max draw, splitting a Maxmillions prize with another winner who purchased their ticket in Kamloops. (BCLC photo)

Double celebration for Delta Lotto Max winner

Nikolaos Ntokolas purchased his $500,000-winning ticket at the Safeway at Scott Road at 64th Avenue

Delta resident Nikolaos Ntokolas won $500,000 in the May 27, 2022 Lotto Max draw, splitting a Maxmillions prize with another winner who purchased their ticket in Kamloops. (BCLC photo)
Highway 91 between 72nd Avenue and Nordel Way will be closed overnight June 3-5 as part of the Highway 91/17 Upgrade Project. (Province of British Columbia image)

Weekend overnight closures slated for Highway 91 in Delta

Closures to allow transport of bridge girders for interchange being built at Nordel Way

Highway 91 between 72nd Avenue and Nordel Way will be closed overnight June 3-5 as part of the Highway 91/17 Upgrade Project. (Province of British Columbia image)
Delta residents are encouraged to take part in the ParticipAction Community Better Challenge June 1-30. (participaction.com photo)

Delta residents encouraged to take part in Community Better Challenge

ParticipAction initiative runs June 1-30 using app to track physical activity

Delta residents are encouraged to take part in the ParticipAction Community Better Challenge June 1-30. (participaction.com photo)
On May 28, authors JJ Lee and Lenore Rattray will be sharing how their lives have influenced their writing as part of “Memoirs: Telling our Stories,” the latest instalment of the Delta Literary Arts Society’s bi-monthly reading-in-conversation series InkWellTold at the new North Delta Centre for the Arts. (Delta Literary Arts Society image)

North Delta talk to focus on healing through memoir writing

The Delta Literary Arts Society event on May 29 is the second in the bi-monthly InkWellTold series

On May 28, authors JJ Lee and Lenore Rattray will be sharing how their lives have influenced their writing as part of “Memoirs: Telling our Stories,” the latest instalment of the Delta Literary Arts Society’s bi-monthly reading-in-conversation series InkWellTold at the new North Delta Centre for the Arts. (Delta Literary Arts Society image)
The Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s returns to Delta after a two-year hiatus on Sunday, May 29 at South Delta Secondary. (Alzheimer Society of B.C. photo)

Alzheimer walk returns to Delta this month

Event returns on May 29 at South Delta Secondary after two-year in-person hiatus

The Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s returns to Delta after a two-year hiatus on Sunday, May 29 at South Delta Secondary. (Alzheimer Society of B.C. photo)
Delta police are asking for the public’s help in locating 12-year-old Paige Ritco-Rondeau, who was last seen at her North Delta home on Monday, May 9, 2022. (Delta Police Department/submitted photo)

UPDATE: Missing North Delta girl located

12-year-old Paige Ritco-Rondeau was last seen at her North Delta home on Monday, May 9

Delta police are asking for the public’s help in locating 12-year-old Paige Ritco-Rondeau, who was last seen at her North Delta home on Monday, May 9, 2022. (Delta Police Department/submitted photo)
Hundreds lined the streets for the annual North Delta Family Day parade on June 23, 2019. (Ryan McLeod photo)

North Delta Family Day parade and festival returns this summer

The parade will start at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 19, with the festival to run from noon to 4 p.m.

Hundreds lined the streets for the annual North Delta Family Day parade on June 23, 2019. (Ryan McLeod photo)
Volunteers made 3,750 pierogies over three consecutive days last week at North Delta’s Sands Secondary as part of a fundraiser that raised nearly $3,000 for a family fleeing the war in Ukraine. (Delta School District/submitted photo)

North Delta pierogi fundraiser raises $3K for family fleeing war in Ukraine

Volunteers at Sands Secondary made 3,750 of the dumplings in three consecutive days last week

Volunteers made 3,750 pierogies over three consecutive days last week at North Delta’s Sands Secondary as part of a fundraiser that raised nearly $3,000 for a family fleeing the war in Ukraine. (Delta School District/submitted photo)
North Delta Lion Gary Kingston helps free a bag of chocolate eggs from a low-hanging branch during the club’s 51st annual Easter egg hunt at Sunbury Park on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Haley Gagnaux photo)

North Delta Lions hosting in-person Easter egg hunt

Annual event returns to North Delta’s Sunbury Park on April 17

North Delta Lion Gary Kingston helps free a bag of chocolate eggs from a low-hanging branch during the club’s 51st annual Easter egg hunt at Sunbury Park on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Haley Gagnaux photo)
Retired DPD Sgt. Kevin Jones last saw his daughter Sara in November of 2017. She died of an opiate overdose in January of 2018 at the age of 28, leaving behind two young children. (Delta Police Department/Submitted photos)

Delta police officer speaks out about daughter’s toxic drug death

‘As a police officer, I wasn’t prepared for how powerless I would feel in the face of what happened’

Retired DPD Sgt. Kevin Jones last saw his daughter Sara in November of 2017. She died of an opiate overdose in January of 2018 at the age of 28, leaving behind two young children. (Delta Police Department/Submitted photos)
Delta police are asking for the public’s help locating Randi Lee Wice, 39, who was reported missing from a residence in North Delta on Wednesday, March 9, but who may have last been seen in Vancouver on or around Thursday, Feb. 17. (Delta Police Department photo)

UPDATE: Missing North Delta woman located

Randi Lee Wice, 39, was reported missing March 9 but may have last been seen in Vancouver on Feb. 17

Delta police are asking for the public’s help locating Randi Lee Wice, 39, who was reported missing from a residence in North Delta on Wednesday, March 9, but who may have last been seen in Vancouver on or around Thursday, Feb. 17. (Delta Police Department photo)
The Seaquam Seahawks took home the Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament title on Saturday, March 5, 2022, beating the South Kamloops Titans 50-20. The championship title was the first in any sport for the North Delta secondary school. (Rob Wilton/Langley Events Centre photo)

WATCH: Seaquam Seahawks win first-ever B.C. hoops championship

Junior Girls victory Saturday marks the North Delta school’s first provincial title — in any sport

The Seaquam Seahawks took home the Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament title on Saturday, March 5, 2022, beating the South Kamloops Titans 50-20. The championship title was the first in any sport for the North Delta secondary school. (Rob Wilton/Langley Events Centre photo)
(Delta Chamber of Commerce photo)

Chamber expanding We Love Delta shop local initiative

$100K federal grant used to bolster and grow campaign

(Delta Chamber of Commerce photo)
DPD Const. Sarb Singh and his partner, Police Service Dog Laska. (Delta Police Department photo)

Dogs and handlers a valuable resource for Delta police

Three DPD officers on integrated police dog teams responded to an average of 506 calls each in 2021

DPD Const. Sarb Singh and his partner, Police Service Dog Laska. (Delta Police Department photo)
Delta resident Stephen Noseworthy “did a little Irish jig” when he realized he’d won $2 million on a scratch-and-win ticket. (BC Lottery Corporation photo)

Delta man celebrates $2-million lotto win with ‘a little Irish jig’

Stephen Noseworthy hit the jackpot on a “$2 Million Extreme” scratch-and-win ticket puchased in Delta

Delta resident Stephen Noseworthy “did a little Irish jig” when he realized he’d won $2 million on a scratch-and-win ticket. (BC Lottery Corporation photo)
(Black Press Media file photo)

North Delta Lions tree chipping events return this weekend

By-donation events a major fundraiser for the club, with the money benefiting many local charities

(Black Press Media file photo)
(Delta Police Department photo)

Delta police working with Europol on ‘significant’ cybercrime investigation

DPD officer part of international organized crime working group meeting in Netherlands this month

(Delta Police Department photo)
Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow and Vancouver Fraser Port Authority president and CEO Robin Silvester at the signing ceremony of a relationship agreement between Musqueam Indian Band and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority on Nov. 5, 2021. (submitted photo)

Musqueam Indian Band, port authority sign relationship agreement

Deal ‘creates a framework for a long-term, meaningful relationship,’ according to a press release

Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow and Vancouver Fraser Port Authority president and CEO Robin Silvester at the signing ceremony of a relationship agreement between Musqueam Indian Band and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority on Nov. 5, 2021. (submitted photo)