In the Community

It was a proposal six months in the making. When Daniel John sat down with his colleagues to plan their realty firm’s annual free Family Day skate at Minoru Arenas, he decided he would pop the surprise question at the event.

Nothing really gets in the way of 12-year-old Riley McCluskey. Not even the 10-pound circular, metal frame that’s drilled into his right leg to help the plucky 80-pound kid lengthen the limb.

The City of Richmond is offering multi-family complexes subsidies up to $100,000 - $1,200 per unit - to install water meters. The city claims metered complexes save 48 per cent on average compared to those paying a flat rate.

More than $9,000 was raised for KidSport by the group of women who organized the second annual Power of the Purse event.

Richmond student Leilani Pearson has been named as a recipient of the prestigious Loran Scholarship.

A new apocalyptic thriller TV series is set to film in Steveston next week. According to the Steveston Merchants, TV series Radio Nowhere -- a production based on Stephen King's novel The Stand -- will be in Steveston on March 9.

Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap recently presented a community gaming grant to the Institute of Applied Design & Technology Education Society.

Shoppers Drug Mart recently donated over $11,400 to Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives (RCRG), in support of the local charity’s Relax, Recharge, Reset caregiver workshop series.

Every year the list just gets longer – starting in 2012 at the Disability Day of Mourning, the names of people with disabilities who have been killed by loved ones were all read out.

The Meals on Wheels program is pleading for English and Chinese-speaking volunteers to deliver meals to homebound people in Richmond and Vancouver.