Sandor Gyarmati

British Columbia

Delta Optimist newspaper. Also an ex-Elvis impersonator (really!). BC, Metro Vancouver & interesting world stuff just for you! My awesome opinions my own.

Articles

Residents claim development won't fit 'Ladner's small-town character'

2 weeks ago | westerninvestor.com | Sandor Gyarmati

Delta staff are reviewing the public feedback gathered on a proposed six-storey market rental building on Ladner Trunk Road before the proposal makes its way to council for consideration. The rezoning, development variance and development permit proposal would see the new a six-storey purpose-built 78-unit rental building on a vacant lot at 5737 Ladner Trunk Rd., next to a gas station and the intersection at Ladner Trunk and 57th Street.
Potash to arrive in Delta to be handled by Westshore

1 month ago | squamishchief.com | Sandor Gyarmati

Westshore Terminals at Roberts Bank in Delta is moving closer to completing a major project to begin shipping potash overseas. Westshore, in a recent news release, says it has made “significant progress” on building the infrastructure to ship potash from mining company BHP Billiton (BHP), which is developing a new $7.5 billion potash mine in Saskatchewan called the Jansen Mine. Potash is a common fertilizer used to provide nutrients to agricultural crops and house plants.
Feedback sought for LNG plant major expansion proposal in Delta

2 months ago | biv.com | Sandor Gyarmati

Delta residents last week had an opportunity to get more information and pose questions in-person to FortisBC representatives regarding the application to expand the Tilbury LNG facility. The public information session at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn on Thursday (Jan. 23) was part of the latest round of consultations as the current public comment period ends March 3, 2025.
Dix in Delta to talk about US tariffs, BC food security

Jan 24, 2025 | timescolonist.com | Sandor Gyarmati

Buying B.C. and expanding capacity will ensure needed support for the provincial economy for the short and long run as American President Donald Trump’s tariff threats loom over Canada.
Expect delays with projects on, around North Delta's Scott Road

Jan 15, 2025 | ourcommunitynow.com | Sandor Gyarmati

Share Those who take a small but busy stretch of roadway in North Delta should expect delays as the city will undertake the Scottsdale Sanitary Pump Station and Forcemain Project this year. The project consists of the installation of a new sanitary pump station at Scott Road and 70th Avenue, with forcemain upgrades and a new gravity main. The existing pump station, located in a different area on the same property is to be decommissioned.
Here’s Delta, BC’s latest real estate sales numbers - Delta Optimist

Jan 12, 2025 | delta-optimist.com | Sandor Gyarmati

Greater Vancouver Realtors (GVR) has released its year end home sales and listings numbers for 2024 for the City of Delta and region
Here’s the highest assessed homes in Delta, BC - Delta Optimist

Jan 7, 2025 | delta-optimist.com | Sandor Gyarmati

The B.C. Assessment Authority has released assessed values of Lower Mainland homes for the 2025 assessment notices including the City of Delta
Ladner, BC older houses making way for high-density housing

Dec 11, 2024 | delta-optimist.com | Sandor Gyarmati

Delta council, at its upcoming regular meeting on Dec. 16, will consider an application for another townhouse development in Ladner. The rezoning proposal for the property at 5043 47 Ave. would see two, three-storey townhouse buildings. The application, which also seeks a variance permit to vary the minimum parking requirements, would result in seven new strata units. The application is consistent with Delta’s new Official Community Plan (OCP), according to the planning department.
Life-saving Naloxone kits coming to several Delta facilities

Dec 9, 2024 | delta-optimist.com | Sandor Gyarmati

Delta council last week approved a pilot project placing Naloxone nasal spray kits in six city facilities and 13 bylaw cars. It was one of a series of requests recently put forward by the Delta Community Action Team (DCAT) on how the city can further help deal with the ongoing overdose crises. The kits will be available at city hall, North Delta Recreation Centre, Sungod Recreation Centre, Ladner Leisure Centre, South Delta Recreation Centre and Winskill Aquatic & Fitness Centre.
Delta taxpayers to not pay for airshow VIP tent food, booze

Dec 9, 2024 | delta-optimist.com | Sandor Gyarmati

Delta taxpayers will not pay for the VIP tent serving free alcohol and food at the Boundary Bay Airshow. That was an amendment introduced and approved by council last week during a discussion on recommendations on how the city will help fund the annual summer event at the Boundary Bay Airport moving forward. “I really think that if we’re putting city funds into this event, they should be going into areas of the event that all members of our community are able to enjoy.