Local News

Imagine starting 2020 with $65 million in your pocket? That could be the reality for someone as Tuesday’s Lotto Max jackpot stands at $65 million. There are also an estimated $8 max million prizes also up for grabs in tonight’s draw.

The Richmond Olympic Oval has lost about $300,000 in sponsorships, partly because of outstanding issues with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on sponsorship guidelines.

The Province of B.C. has announced a list of the most popular names for babies in 2019 - can we get a drum roll please? Olivia is leading the way for babies born this year in British Columbia.

As the sun sets over the horizon on another decade, the Richmond News looked back on the most memorable stories in each of the last 10 years: 2010: An easy one.

Year in Review – May: The lawn bowling clubhouse in Minoru Park will be rebuilt.

Year in Review – April: Forty people came off the streets of Richmond and moved into supportive housing in April when the Temporary Modular Housing (TMH) project opened.

A Richmond man was fined $8,000 earlier this month for illegally shooting a mule deer doe last year. Li Tan, 54, and another man were hunting near Princeton on Nov.

A California sea lion that made an unexpected appearance at a home and freshwater pond in Pender Harbour has been successfully returned to the ocean.

Unless you’re one of the lucky few to catch a cab on New Year’s Eve, the annual TransLink tradition of free transit can be a life-saver. For the 44th year, TransLink will be giving people a safe and free ride home on Dec. 31, from 5 p.m. until 5 a.m.

A 29-year-old man driving drunk through Burnaby while wearing body armour and packing a loaded semiautomatic pistol equipped with a silencer has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail.