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Richmond News readers overwhelmingly say courts too lenient

Richmond News readers overwhelmingly say courts too lenient

There were 149 shoplifting incidents reported to Richmond RCMP in February.
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: It's a dog's life on B.C. Ferries

Adrian Raeside cartoon: It's a dog's life on B.C. Ferries

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Column: B.C. right to tweak drug decriminalization, rather than ending it outright

Column: B.C. right to tweak drug decriminalization, rather than ending it outright

B.C.'s three-year drug decriminalization pilot project was enacted on Jan. 31 last year.
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Richmond boxing gym holds first-ever women's boxing title fight

Richmond boxing gym holds first-ever women's boxing title fight

Male and female boxers around the Lower Mainland are aiming for the top at the Proving Grounds X tournament on Tuesday, April 30.
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Vancouver church hits the market for $10 million

Vancouver church hits the market for $10 million

It's nearly 100 years old.
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He stormed Hong Kong's legislature in 2019 but now calls Vancouver home

He stormed Hong Kong's legislature in 2019 but now calls Vancouver home

Pro-democracy activist Ernie Shue-fung Chow studies history at the University of B.C. but it wasn't long ago that he was making it
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B.C. moves to ban illicit drug use in public spaces

B.C. moves to ban illicit drug use in public spaces

Premier David Eby said he has received assurances that the federal government will help ensure police can enforce a ban on illicit drug use in any public spaces, including parks, transit, hospitals, restaurants and beaches.
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Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

B.C.’s historic drug decriminalization experiment is being dramatically scaled back as the NDP government retreats in the face of sustained public anxiety about what it is doing to perceptions of public safety.
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Brothers who died on kayak trip were inseparable, say parents

Brothers who died on kayak trip were inseparable, say parents

Nicolas West was a carpenter who played in a local rock band called Electric Jane, while brother Daniel MacAlpine worked at an auto detailing shop and was adventurous, family say.
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The great escape: Orphaned orca swims to freedom, begins search for family

The great escape: Orphaned orca swims to freedom, begins search for family

The young orca's bid for freedom occurred at a high tide early Friday and involved swimming through a swift-moving, narrow channel and underneath a bridge, with Esperanza Inlet in the near distance.
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