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Amendment will prevent violent offenders from changing names

Amendment will prevent violent offenders from changing names

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix introduced the amendment Monday after it was revealed child-killer Alan Schoenborn was fighting to keep his new name from being publicized.
Over 50 fines proposed for Metro Vancouver sewer scofflaws

Over 50 fines proposed for Metro Vancouver sewer scofflaws

Fines would max out at $10,000 per day, and would target hospitals; sani-dump facilities; trucked liquid waste haulers; and breweries, wineries and restaurants.
Kudos: Richmond pickleball players raise $7K for KidSport

Kudos: Richmond pickleball players raise $7K for KidSport

KidSport Richmond offers financial support to ensure all kids can play at least one season of any sport each year.
Vaccine mandates for health-care workers reasonable and constitutional, B.C. judge rules

Vaccine mandates for health-care workers reasonable and constitutional, B.C. judge rules

Religious and personal beliefs about vaccines do not entitle you to work in a health-care setting with vulnerable patients whilst unvaccinated, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled.
Taco teens return to Richmond Night Market

Taco teens return to Richmond Night Market

The owners of Poncho's Tacos are building a customer base one birria taco at a time.
Jail drug-dealing B.C. special education assistant nine years, Crown says

Jail drug-dealing B.C. special education assistant nine years, Crown says

Crown said the amount of fentanyl was an "atom bomb" for killing people in B.C.
Teen urban explorer finds 1935 bus near abandoned Richmond peat mine

Teen urban explorer finds 1935 bus near abandoned Richmond peat mine

One of the oldest existing Hayes-Anderson buses was found hidden in a former peat mine.
B.C. retailers up cybersecurity defences to avoid attacks

B.C. retailers up cybersecurity defences to avoid attacks

Recent disruptive cyberattack on London Drugs is a warning for executives in the sector.
Some people stay as blaze with 'extreme fire behaviour' singes Fort Nelson, B.C.

Some people stay as blaze with 'extreme fire behaviour' singes Fort Nelson, B.C.

FORT NELSON, B.C. — Duane Loe lives just three kilometres south of Fort Nelson, B.C., where most of the 4,700 people have fled from a fast-approaching wildfire. But Loe isn't leaving.
Richmond author receives BC history award for advocacy work

Richmond author receives BC history award for advocacy work

Awareness of Japanese and Chinese immigrant contributions in B.C. brought to classrooms.