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More city streamlining in Delta, BC - Delta Optimist
Nov 5, 2024 · Delta council recently gave final approval for a bylaw amendment aimed at further streamlining development applications. To align Delta’s procedures with the Local Government Act and to reduce the application timeframe, staff proposed to remove a requirement to provide notice for delegated variances. The Development Application Procedures Bylaw previously required that a notification letter ...
Conservatives have a fed candidate for Delta - Delta Optimist
Apr 5, 2024 · A federal election is more than a year away, but the Conservatives have started campaigning in Delta. Delta Police Const. Jessy Sahota has been announced as the Conservative candidate and is now part of the “Common Sense Conservative Party of Canada.” “However, this is just the beginning, we must unite in our efforts to defeat Justin Trudeau and make Pierre Poilievre the next prime ...
Delta, BC homeowners see utility rate rise - Delta Optimist
Dec 23, 2024 · Delta council last week approved the city’s latest increases for utility rates as part of the 2025 Financial Plan, which also includes an increase in the municipal portion of the annual property tax bill. The flat rate utility bill is up by a total of $250, from $1,357 for a single-family home in 2024, to $1,607 in 2025. Major costs include the …
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Different vision for Delta, BC harbour - Delta Optimist
Nov 4, 2024 · The City of Delta once had a very different idea for the space now known as the Chisholm Street Wharf in Ladner Village.
Metro Vancouver’s prediction for Delta’s population - Delta Optimist
Dec 24, 2024 · Metro Vancouver recently released its latest population projections, anticipating significant growth over the next 25 years. Noting the results highlights the importance of collaboration and planning to ensure Metro Vancouver communities remain livable and vibrant, some of the key highlights of the ...
Point Roberts still struggling, and a low loonie doesn’t help
Dec 10, 2024 · Whether it’s the low loonie, low U.S. gasoline prices, or U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's talk, Point Roberts residents are seeing a change in the nature of the visits from their northern neighbours. Former Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce president Brian Calder says that people just aren’t staying as long as they used to, and they’re not visiting as much as they did before the ...
Here's Metro's population projections for Delta - Delta Optimist
Jul 15, 2024 · There isn’t a lot of difference when it comes to Metro Vancouver’s various scenarios for population growth in the City of Delta. The regional district recently prepared population estimates up to 2050 for its member jurisdictions using three projection scenarios: medium growth, high growth and low growth. A report to the Regional Planning Committee notes that the medium growth scenario is ...
Good-bye 2024, hello 2025 - Delta Optimist
Jan 2, 2025 · Where did 2024 go? It just seems like yesterday that I was penning my annual looking back and looking forward column at the start of 2024, but here we are again, and I am penning my first column of 2025. This past year was one of tremendous changes in our community and that change will continue into 2025. Early in the spring, Delta approved its brand-new Official Community Plan, setting the ...