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Long delays because of changes to design work and a rejigged tendering process for the Minoru Centre for Active Living are at the heart of a lawsuit between the builder, Stuart Olson, and the City of Richmond.

A few more students might be attending Richmond schools as the school district looks to support “vulnerable learners.

A North Vancouver company is poised to become the first in Canada certified to sterilize personal protective equipment using ultraviolet light to kill COVID-19 and any other germs that pose a threat to front-line workers and patients.

The NOW was allowed a close-up view of the assessment and testing site in Central Park

Only five children and youth in B.C. have tested positive for COVID-19 so this could mean easing of some restrictions for kids in the near future.

Justice Janet Winteringham described the NDP government’s public interest argument for the speculation and vacancy tax as “concrete, tangible and compelling.”

Knives weapon of choice in heists

With COVID-19 and mandatory physical distancing, children’s birthday parties just aren’t what they used to be. But District of North Vancouver firefighters are coming to the rescue of kids and kids-at-heart stuck inside on their special day.

With bats still being linked to the outbreak of COVID-19 in China, a local program decided to use International Bat Appreciation Day to dispel “misinformation.

New Westminster’s favourite a cappella quintet is keeping the music going, quarantine style.