In the Community

Members from the Canadian Paralympic men's rugby team and the Olympic men's table tennis team gathered at the Richmond oval Tuesday afternoon for the "Oval Trained, London Bound Olympic Athlete" send-off.

Ariel Menta, 13, has been writing since Grade 2

It's a foul smelling job, but someone has to do it. The Wildlife Rescue Association in Burnaby helped save a skunk trapped in a garbage truck last week.

Title: Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation Reviewed by: Carmen Luo This book is about a boy who doesn't know where he comes from, so his teacher at St. Burnaby's gave him a name. His name is Jack Blank.

Archibald Blair elementary's division one grade six/seven class took top prize this year in the city's Climate Change showdown - a program that educates students on climate change and energy conservation.

The city of Richmond wants to make it easier for Richmondites to remember chores such as garbage and recycling pick up or when to pay your property taxes. Enter its new software tool called ReCollect.

The theme for this year's 67th Annual Steveston Salmon Festival commemorates our local youth.

This morning, two words zipping through my mind collided. One word was shop, the other was "Schuppen," German for shed.

As far as loot bags go, Gateway Theatre's pARTy does it big - original works of art, some valued up to $2,000.

Stevestonites and merchants alike are pretty darn proud of their village.