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Vancouver resident Douglas Wanke's suspicious death – with remains left floating in a recycling bin set off at sea – marks the city's 15th homicide of 2020

There’s been a COVID-19 exposure at a Richmond elementary school. A letter was sent out Wednesday to the parents of Walter Lee elementary students, informing them of the exposure.

A Richmond resident is $675,000 richer – after popping into Shoppers Drug Mart for cat food and toilet paper. Dorothy Barnes stopped in at the Shoppers Drug Mart on Williams Road where she decided to buy the “Set For Life” scratch ticket.

Musicians, psychologists, police discuss city upended by COVID-19

The owners of Richmond Centre used facial recognition technology at that mall and others across the country, without customers’ knowledge or consent, an investigation by federal and provincial privacy commissioners has found.

Privacy commissioners slam Cadillac Fairview for facial recognition technology use

Vancouver International Airport and WestJet are aiming to get a COVID-19 rapid test pilot up and running some time in November.

Richmond residents in multiple areas will experience power outages as BC Hydro has scheduled repair and replacement work throughout the next two days.

Another Richmond school has been added to Vancouver Coastal Health’s list of school exposures. R.C. Palmer secondary was added to the list on Wednesday. The health authority reported Oct. 22 as a potential exposure date.

Some Richmond schools were in “lockdown,” according to Richmond RCMP, on Wednesday morning after fireworks were mistaken for gunfire. Around 10:30 a.m., police received reports of what souded like gunshots around Williams and No.