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Sep 29, 2023 | 
todayinbc.com | James Smith
B.C. has issued an environmental assessment certificate for the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 in Delta, a move the government says will help to safeguard provincial interests as the project moves forward. Proposed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the project is a three-berth expansion of Deltaport, the Port of Vancouver’s largest container terminal.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
pubs.rsc.org | Rafael Contreras-Montoya |James Smith |Juan A. Aguilar
Pathway complexity in fibre assembly: from liquid crystals to hyper-helical gelmorphs
Pathway complexity results in unique materials from the same components according to the assembly conditions. Here a chiral acyl-semicarbazide gelator forms three different gels of contrasting fibre morphology (termed ‘gelmorphs’) as well as lyotropic liquid crystalline droplets depending on the assembly pathway.
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Aug 28, 2023 | 
surreynowleader.com | James Smith
By Ethan Reyes, special to the North Delta ReporterA new three-on-three basketball tournament happening Labour Day weekend is paying tribute to a beloved Delta basketball coach who dedicated his life to the game and the players he mentored throughout his career. The inaugural Delta Dunc-fest, happening Sept. 2-3 at Delta Secondary School in Ladner (4615 51st St.), is named in honour of Duncan Anderson, who taught science and coached basketball in six of Delta’s seven high schools.
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Aug 28, 2023 | 
surreynowleader.com | James Smith
A memorial and candlelight vigil will mark International Overdose Awareness Day in Delta. The Delta Overdose Community Action Team (DCAT) and City of Delta are hosting two events on Thursday, Aug. 31 – one in North Delta and one in Ladner – to honour and raise awareness of the 140 local lives lost to the toxic drug supply since rising deaths related to illicit substance use prompted the province to declare a public health emergency in 2016.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
surreynowleader.com | James Smith
A program that rescues excess food from local farms and distributes it free to those in need is expanding thanks to a $10,000 grant. Delta-based Earthwise Society, Vancouver Food Runners and the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen recently received a Grow Grant from the Giustra Foundation to expand their rescued food program, and are looking for local farms open to donate their surplus produce to support the initiative.
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
surreynowleader.com | James Smith
Police are crediting the “seamless integration of advanced technology and exemplary teamwork” for successfully locating a person who went missing from Delta Hospital last month. On July 29 at about 10:22 p.m., DPD officers responded after an individual who had been admitted for physical medical issues complicated by potential dementia-like symptoms walked away from the hospital.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
surreynowleader.com | James Smith
Delta police are investigating a fatal crash on Highway 91 in the early hours of Monday. At approximately 1:39 a.m on Aug. 7, police received a report of a vehicle that had crashed into a parked and unoccupied semi-truck with trailer attached at the Highway 91 truck pullout, located north of Highway 10 before the 64th Avenue exit. Police say the driver, who was the lone the crashed vehicle, was pronounced deceased on scene.
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Jul 10, 2023 | 
surreynowleader.com | James Smith
Two dozen local non-profits are receiving over $1 million in community gaming grants between them to fund “human and social services” in Delta. On Thursday (July 6), the province announced it is providing nearly $61 million in grant funding for the year ending March 31, 2023 to more than 1,300 organizations that deliver programs aimed at improving people’s quality of life.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
surreynowleader.com | James Smith
(Delta Police Department photo)
North Delta woman facing 40 charges for identity theft, fraud charges
Tarndeep Uppal, 31, released with conditions not to have credit cards, ID or data not in her name
A North Delta woman is facing 40 charges relating to identity theft and credit card fraud. Delta police on Wednesday (July 5) announced charges stemming from an investigation opened in November of 2020 relating to suspected credit card fraud.
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Jul 4, 2023 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jimmie C. Oxley |James Smith |Athina Kominia
Abstract Flexible plasticized pyrotechnic formulations were developed to be used for the safe and controlled destruction of light cased chemical and biological threats. The formulations generate high heat as well as halogen if required and can be used in closed spaces without required personnel evacuation. Open Research Data is available upon request. References 1, , , , , Propellants Explos. Pyrotech. 2017, 42 (8), 960– 973. https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.201700037. 2, J. Phys. Chem.
