In the Community

The City of Richmond released information on the Ships to Shore Festival for this Thursday through Saturday.

There is a lot of concern about theft of vegetables from community gardens within the City of Richmond. Even our very own volunteer-managed Paulik Park continues to experience theft of perennial plants, from time to time.

Steveston lost one of its most revered residents last week. Kay Sakata, who celebrated her 100th birthday in early March, passed away June 23, a few days after suffering a serious stroke.

Youth activities will return to this year’s salmon festival, giving teens their own area to chill, listen to music and, of course, eat.

When Barbara Goodwin was a teenager, she set her sights on becoming a nurse. She was on track to realizing her dream after completing high school but, while on a practicum at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital, she dropped out.

The Steveston Salmon Festival parade will see a number of new and returning entries, but the one festival executive director Janice Froese is especially excited for this year, is a marching band from Calgary.

If you’ve ever wanted to try out a climbing wall, there will be one at the Steveston Salmon Festival, courtesy of the Richmond Olympic Oval.

Salmon festival mascot Sammy the Salmon and the Spirit of Steveston parade float are now an award-winning pair, after nabbing a couple of awards at the recent Hyack Festival in New Westminster.

Giving back to the community through volunteer work has been ingrained in Joanne Nicholson since she can remember.

For a select group of people in Richmond, July 1 marks not only Canada’s birthday and the annual Steveston Salmon Festival, it will be the first day they can finally call themselves, Canadian citizens.