In the Community

Chinese New Year is coming up on Jan. 25, and festive events are kicking off early in 2020. Events will be periodically updated here as they come up. Take a look at the events listed for the celebrations in Richmond: Jan.

“We want to bridge an intergenerational gap that can help us build a more cohesive community.

The new fitness centre at the Minoru Centre for Active Living will be free to the public this Saturday (Jan. 11) from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Oceanside Fisheries will be hosting their third annual herring sale to benefit Autism Community Training (ACT) on Jan. 11. The fundraiser will take place from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the dock near Garry Point Park.

This winter, Richmond’s Rabbi Yechiel Baitelman will offer Judaism’s Gifts to the World, a new six-session course.

It’s free to join and you only have to be a wee bit Scottish. That’s the message from Richmond’s Ian MacLeod as he bids to bolster the membership in his Clan MacLeod Society of Greater Vancouver.

An annual fundraiser will be held in Richmond to raise funds for autism support dogs on Jan 18. The Kitz4Kids will be holding its sixth annual fundraiser with the Autism Support Dogs (ASD) program – which is part of the B.C.

“There are some meetings when we don’t even talk about weight.” It may seem strange to some that a weight-loss support group would, on occasion, neglect to mention the very reason for being.

Filming returns to Steveston with its first notice for the New Year. According to a Twitter post by Steveston Merchants, TV series “A Million Little Things” will be filming for their second season this week.

A woman is warning the public to be on their guard, after her pet was savagely attacked by an off-leash dog on Richmond’s Middle Arm Dike Trail.