In the Community

Beating the odds in any challenge takes discipline, team work and perseverance. Managing your health or care giving are no different.

As a family physician, I've seen it many times. A mother brings in her once happy preteen daughter, now suffering from depression. The cause could be abuse or drugs, but most often it is bullying.

Richmond Public Library will be celebrating the end of the Summer Reading Club (SRC) with a special treasure hunt on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 9 a.m. to 9: 45 a.m. at the Brighouse (Main) branch.

Debut author inspired to write after power outage

What do you have to write in a Richmond paper to get some flak? Mention an addictions recovery house for women and there's a flurry of letters, both pro and con.

Organizers took 'leap of faith' in event preparations

Wow. I have a social media headache. Between all the Twitter tweets, Facebook posts, blog rolls, and page likes, I can't even remember what I was going to say anymore.

Growing up in Hong Kong, Richmond's Stanley Leung remembers being fascinated by the Scouts' uniform. "I was 15 years old and home schooled at the time," said the eight-year veteran captain and leader of Richmond's Sea Dragon Sea Scout Group.