In the Community

Attend the opening of Richmond Art Gallery’s latest exhibit Saturday, May 4 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Karen Tam is a Montreal-based artist who’s re-imagined Lee Nam’s painting studio in Victoria in her latest exhibit “With Wings Like Clouds Hung from the Sky.

When you see Richmond’s Station 10 team racing out of their Steveston Harbour berth, that’s about the only part of their rescue mission that’s remotely government-funded.

With lion dances, drummers, highland dancing and more, the annual Pull of the Net: A Multicultural Celebration is back again for its third year this Saturday in Richmond.

The pregnancy experts are hosting an open house May 5.

A Richmond elementary student has won a Canada-wide poster contest connected to Remembrance Day. Yelena Domingo – a Grade 7 student at Westwind in Steveston – won the junior category of the Royal Canadian Legion competition.

The lawyer Richmond’s Regional Animal Protection Society is in the running to be named one of Canadian Lawyer magazine’s top 25 most influential lawyers of 2019. Rebeka Breder was nominated for her work fighting for animal rights in Canada.

A Richmond secondary school’s robotics team has returned from the world championships in Houston without a trophy, but their collective heads held very high.

Richmond Potters Club Spring Pottery Sale Friday, April 26 to Sunday, April 28 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Come see a huge variety of handmade pottery gifts for sale along with adorable and inexpensive garden gnomes.

Clockwise, from top left: Phil Gray Retired Yes. I drive very, very carefully in Richmond. There is bad driving in Vancouver too, for a different reason. In Richmond, cars position themselves wrongly or it indicates to turn right but turns left.

Two major bus routes in Richmond began stopping on Ackroyd Road near No. 3 Road this week to give people access to the shops and businesses in the area.