In the Community

Schools are beginning to close for the holidays, which means more time with family over the coming weeks. While holiday festivities will certainly fill schedules to the brim, the city has a handy list of winter activities to help occupy any downtime.

The holidays are a time for giving and Canadian Blood Services is asking individuals to consider giving the gift of blood.

It may have been more than 30 years ago, but Kevin Shaw still remembers the day the Richmond Christmas Fund stepped up to save…well…Christmas.

“He’s a good person. He’s a good kid.” Shelley Del Rosario fought back the tears of pride filling up in her eyes when describing how she felt watching 10-year-old son Matt picking up the DARE Good Citizen Award. “It felt amazing.

Carlie Holland started horseback riding again after three years off due to an injury.

The Richmond Olympic Parkrun has two special events coming up for the Christmas holiday season. The free, 5K timed run along the middle arm of the Fraser River attracts dozens of runners/joggers/walkers to its weekly event at 9 a.m. every Saturday.

The story of Huawei executive Wanzhou Meng’s arrest at Vancouver International Airport has captured the world’s attention. The Richmond News was one of the first to break the story , and we have continued our coverage this week .

This weekend will mark the sixth year running that a group of Richmond high school alumni planned and hosted a blanket drive to help residents of the Downtown Eastside.

Many Christmas trees carry special meaning. The beautiful 21-foot fir gracing the rotunda at the RCMP’s Richmond detachment on No. 5 Road, however, is of particular significance to the hearts and minds of local Mounties.

Another successful food bank drive on the weekend by the Richmond Jets Bantam A1 team at Save-On Foods at Ironwood raised an impressive $1,460 and 373 food items. All of the cash and donated items goes directly to the Richmond Food Bank.