In the Community

The mightiest sockeye ever to navigate the Fraser River, Sammy the Salmon measures up as the biggest salmon on record: From the top of his cap to the tip of his tail, Sammy is a whopping 7’2” long! You can see Sammy on July 1 atop the Spirit of Steve

Richmond’s wide open spaces with ample farmland and plenty of room for homes is what drew Henry Beh, executive director of Richmond Chinese Community Society (RCCS), to put down roots here after leaving Malaysia back in 1974.

If Richmond was in the dictionary, it’s a good bet that the “lived-in” features of veteran city councillor and Steveston farmer Harold Steves would be prominent.

Angelica Poversky is five-foot-three of vertically challenged creative passion who uses spoken words to create movements of thought. She’s always trying to think of new ways to use words and is perplexed by language.

If you were a tree, where would you hide in Richmond? Well, you probably have to be on property that can’t be subdivided by an owner wanting to cash in on the property market boom.

Just how long you need to have lived in Steveston before you’re regarded as a local, is something Mimi Horita is still working out.

With global warming trends giving us dryer than normal springs and hotter than average summer months, the need to find ways to cool off in the city is getting more critical.

If there was an all-round nice guy category in our Best of Richmond contest, Dave MacDonald would snag it ­— proving they don’t finish last.

Here are the best places to shop, eat and play in 2016, as voted by Richmond News readers

Richmond residents are invited to connect with their community during B.C.