In the Community

These days, intermediate students at Blair elementary are skipping school to jam with their “grandpals” at Rosewood Manor, an intermediate care facility for seniors on Blundell Road.

This weekend, celebrate cultural diversity and the history of the west coast fishing industry at the second annual The Pull of the Net Multicultural Festival.

Richmond defence lawyer Sarah Leamon has founded the Women's Association of Criminal Lawyers (WACL), aiming to shed light on apparently overt sexism in B.C.’s courtrooms.

Thursday, May 3 Artist Salon with Daniel Fox at Richmond Cultural Centre – Performance Hall: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

If you call Richmond home for work, you are likely spending upwards of 40 hours per week here in the community. Richmond has hundreds of businesses, with more than 100,000 employees.

The Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market is getting ready to kick off its 10th anniversary year this week.

Clockwise, from top left: Keri Fisher: "Generally I think it’s a good thing. Personally, I’m not a smoker so there’s nothing worse than walking out into a big haze of smoke. My personal least favourite is tobacco smoke; it makes me nauseous.

Allan Anderson wasn’t the most famous music teacher in B.C., but he was certainly one of the best. I first encountered him as a shy Grade 7 student through Richmond School District’s legendary summer band program.

Harris's hawk, striped skunk, laughing kookaburra and caiman lizard joined the class

Roots of Empathy class at Walter Lee elementary produced a touching moment between nine-month-old Natalie and Grade 1 student Kelsey Chen, who is blind