In the Community

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.

Youth Week is coming up on May 1 and Richmond has several days of activities planned in celebration.

Richmond will host to two ceremonies this weekend marking Canada’s national Day of Mourning for workers killed and injured on the job. The annual day falls on Sunday, April 28. Many schools, however, are marking it on Friday, April 26.

A beloved community fixture in one of Richmond’s oldest neighbourhoods could soon be a thing of the past.

Check out these arts events in Richmond in May. The Pull of the Net: A Multicultural Celebration May 4 Gulf of Georgia Cannery 12138 Fourth Ave.