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New West restaurant puts up glass dividers and more to keep diners safe

New West restaurant puts up glass dividers and more to keep diners safe

Piva Modern Italian restaurant pivots and goes above and beyond many other eateries to handle COVID-19.
Richmond woman tells protest of lifetime of racial abuse

Richmond woman tells protest of lifetime of racial abuse

Despite suffering from anxiety, La Toya Barrington stood up in front of 3,500 people at a protest in Vancouver on Sunday evening and told of a lifetime of racial abuse while living in Richmond
Harm reduction app can benefit Richmond addicts

Harm reduction app can benefit Richmond addicts

There is another harm reduction method for Richmond residents – and those living in the Vancouver Coastal Health region – to use when they consume illicit drugs.
COVID-19 delays case of bus driver charged in fatal Burnaby pedestrian crash

COVID-19 delays case of bus driver charged in fatal Burnaby pedestrian crash

Suresh Chand Lal, 56, is accused of driving without due care and attention and failing to yield to a pedestrian at a green light.
Lynn Valley Care Centre aides voting on unionization

Lynn Valley Care Centre aides voting on unionization

Care aides who were on the front lines of the COVID-19 outbreak at North Vancouver’s Lynn Valley Care Centre are now in the midst of a unionization vote.
Richmond-based group demands apology from Global News

Richmond-based group demands apology from Global News

A Richmond-based group is taking Global News to task over an April 30 story which it claims “unfairly portrays” many Chinese Canadians.
Evergreen House COVID-19 outbreak over

Evergreen House COVID-19 outbreak over

A COVID-19 outbreak at Evergreen House, a long-term care facility in North Vancouver, has been declared over. Only one staff member at the care facility tested positive for the virus , at the beginning of May.
Richmond's KPU campus still going to be remote in the fall

Richmond's KPU campus still going to be remote in the fall

They turned around their spring programing to online in lightning speed when the pandemic first struck and transitioned relatively seamlessly into its summer semester.
B.C. government to protect some small businesses from evictions

B.C. government to protect some small businesses from evictions

Commercial property owners will be banned from evicting small business tenants that have lost at least 70% of their revenue during the pandemic
Mental wellness: Stay engaged to fight anxiety

Mental wellness: Stay engaged to fight anxiety

Physically distancing and self-isolating — hunkering down at home in your safe space — have been effective tools in flattening the curve of COVID-19 cases in B.C.