In the Community

The Richmond Public Library is holding a Remembrance Day event on Saturday, Nov. 5 to honour those who fought and gave their lives for their country.

Have you ever wondered where the expression, "an eye for an eye" came from? Or where kosher salt got its name? Or maybe you've wondered about why the pig is the quintessential no-no for Jews? "These are common questions asked by Jewish people, so we

When my parents moved to Richmond in 1956, people didn't talk about farming, they just farmed. Time passed, farmers died or quit the land, and the number of farms steadily diminished.

If your life was a straight line -- beginning on the day of your birth and ending with your last day on earth.

Over the years,z publisher Jo Blackmore has seen her fair share of the good, the bad and the really awful.

Today, most of us regard magic as a form of entertainment associated with particular events, like Halloween, or with performers making objects appear or disappear before our very eyes. To the modern adult, magic is just a lot of hocus-pocus.

'Tis the day after Halloween and the carved pumpkin that brought a smile on the faces of little ghosts and goblins is about to become a shrunken gourd. Pumpkins are full of potassium and vitamins A and C.

October 1956 began with an adventure of the wrong kind for my mother and me.

In many ways, Richmond is the face of Canadian multiculturalism - and whatever its imperfections, it's a face we can be rightfully proud of.