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Young actress captures TV award in L.A.

Young actress captures TV award in L.A.

Ten year-old Mamie Laverock one of Richmond's own

Red carpet awaits young Richmond actress

Red carpet awaits young Richmond actress
Column: Festival serves up a myriad of winners

Column: Festival serves up a myriad of winners

L ooking back at last week’s Vancouver Wine Festival, there were so many amazing events to attend. It’s so tough to judge my favourite. The lunches, dinners, brunches, and tasting seminars were all first class, educational, and fun.
Bay leaf banishes local cook

Bay leaf banishes local cook

Home cooking instinct cost Richmond’s Debra Pangestu a chance to remain among TV’s top amateur cooks. As a youngster, when Pangestu watched her mom cook at home, if a bay leaf was among the ingredients on a recipe, it remained in the finished dish.
Beauty pageant — a ticket outta town

Beauty pageant — a ticket outta town

How do you escape the hum-drum life on a chicory farm in 1955 rural Ontario and make a break for the bright lights of Hollywood? Peggy Ann Douglas has a plan—and it revolves around ascending the tiers of “royalty” in the beauty pageant circuit.
Author revs up readers with biker romance

Author revs up readers with biker romance

As a clinical counsellor with more than two decades of experience, Richmond's Danielle Aldcorn is attuned to examining issues and situations in great detail.

Richmond foodie makes top 16 in MasterChef Canada competition

As a journalist, Richmond’s Debra Pangestu is not used to being the one in the spotlight.
Children's Arts Fest: Debut author celebrates life’s differences

Children's Arts Fest: Debut author celebrates life’s differences

When newly minted children’s author Brandee Bublé has the opportunity to read her work to an audience, she sometimes has to pinch herself to prove she’s finally a published author. “I imagined it was going to come one day in the future … maybe.
Children's Arts Fest: Giving arts a youthful voice

Children's Arts Fest: Giving arts a youthful voice

On one of the busiest days on Debbie Tobin’s calendar she prefers to keep a low profile. That “busy” day comes on Monday (Feb. 9), the seventh year of the Children’s Arts Festival at the Richmond Cultural Centre.
Richmond Singers leader recalls song that won her heart

Richmond Singers leader recalls song that won her heart

Valentine's Day concert brings together local choir and Vancouver favourite