By Robert Skinner | Delta City News | June 29 2026
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"This is Robert Skinner reporting from the streets of Delta with what may be the most important breaking news of the week."

""We're out of local strawberries.""

Well... I certainly am.

As a lifelong Delta resident—and a self-appointed expert in the serious business of eating strawberries—I consider Delta and Richmond to be the Napa Valley of strawberries. Every year I look forward to those sweet, juicy, locally grown beauties.

A few weeks ago my family made our annual pilgrimage to Emma Lea Farms on Westham Island. Life was good. Baskets were full. Smiles were everywhere.

Last week we picked up another supply of local berries at Kin's Farm Market. My daughter baked homemade strawberry shortcakes, we added mountains of fresh whipped cream, and then...

Two teenage granddaughters happened.

The strawberries disappeared faster than free pizza at a high school graduation.

So this weekend I was dispatched on an emergency berry retrieval mission.

Kin's Market? No local strawberries. US baked only option!

"Okay," I thought. "They must be waiting for today's delivery."

The next stop? Meridian Farm Market in Tsawwassen But!

No strawberries.

Now my concern was becoming... official.

There was only one place left to go.

Emma Lea Farms. Surely the Strawberry Capital of Delta would save the day.

I drove all the way out to Westham Island, pulled into the parking lot, walked confidently toward the market...

...and was greeted by a sign that simply read:

"Strawberry Season Is Over."

Over? It's only June!

I'm pretty sure strawberry season used to last until my grandchildren went back to school, Ok wrong! but into July at least?

Now I have the difficult task of going home and explaining to two disappointed granddaughters why Papa failed in his sacred strawberry duties. Plus why I only had One Shortcake??

Perhaps blueberries will buy me a temporary pardon.

Welcome to Hot News From the Street

Sometimes the biggest stories aren't about politics, crime, or council meetings.

Sometimes they're about strawberries and Delta Life that really matters.

Hot News From the Street is our new community feature where readers send us the interesting, unusual, funny, surprising, or important things they spot around Delta.

It could be:

• A traffic jam caused by a family of ducks.
• A spectacular sunset over Boundary Bay.
• The first pumpkins of the season.
• A new business opening.
• An unusual sighting.
• Or the tragic disappearance of Delta's famous strawberries.

If it makes you stop and say, "Well, that's interesting!" we want to hear about it.

Send us your photos, videos, and stories.

You just might become our next Hot News From the Street contributor for today.

Because sometimes the best news doesn't come from City Hall.

It comes from the Street.

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