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With fears of Richmond introducing a similar plastic straw ban in line with Vancouver, The Bubble Tea Shop has launched reusable stainless steel straws for their customers.

The Wooden Coaster first opened for 1958 Pacific National Exhibition

The classic summer experience of running through the sprinkler or spraying each other with a hose is about to get even more epic.

And four other reasons Vancouver is awesome this week

Baby bats are mastering their echolocation skills in mid-summer

Last week, I got the news that a cousin of mine passed away at the much-too-young-age of 65. He was a bright, funny, warm man, with a wonderful wife and two loving daughters. He was also a proud grandfather.

Richmondites can help “make miracles happen” by participating in Dairy Queen’s Miracle Treat Day. On Thursday, Aug.

Cecily Ross’ The Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie is a fictional and very readable account of the life of Susanna Moodie, a Canadian pioneer and one of Canada’s earliest writers. Lost Diaries begins during Susanna’s youth in 1815 England.

Intensifiers (adverbs or adverbial phrases that do nothing except emphasize) are off the menu for wordsmiths like me, but I’m binging now – because I’m extremely relieved that a negative trend is reversing.

Following the New York Times’ article labelling Richmond as a “one-stop paradise for lovers of Asian food” in June, another food blogger is bringing attention to the city’s culinary offerings.