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KPU creates second program with no textbook costs

KPU creates second program with no textbook costs

It brings grief to nearly all post-secondary students this time of year: after paying thousands of dollars for tuition, exorbitant costs for textbooks roll in next.
Richmond MLA wants answers on Massey tunnel

Richmond MLA wants answers on Massey tunnel

Jas Johal wants to know when the NDP government will make a decision on how to replace the aging tunnel.
Extreme Air Park accident prompts renewed calls for regulation

Extreme Air Park accident prompts renewed calls for regulation

Another accident at Extreme Air Park in Richmond has led to renewed calls for regulations of such indoor trampoline facilities.
Labour of love: Inspiring girls to pursue high-flying, high-tech careers

Labour of love: Inspiring girls to pursue high-flying, high-tech careers

An experienced female pilot wants to expand girls’ dreams of the kinds of work they can do.
MLA Johal worries Richmond's birth tourism problem will be lost amidst political fray

MLA Johal worries Richmond's birth tourism problem will be lost amidst political fray

Richmond Centre Conservative MP Alice Wong says a national public consultation tour by her official opposition party will iron out details surrounding a proposed end to birth tourism that involves scrapping Canada’s longstanding and unconditional cit
U.S. overturns Canadian newsprint duties

U.S. overturns Canadian newsprint duties

Those duties were hurting Richmond-based paper producer Catalyst.
‘It only takes one’: Richmond residents reminded not to drop cigarette butts in parks

‘It only takes one’: Richmond residents reminded not to drop cigarette butts in parks

Damage is still visible on Shell Road Trail from a fire that signs indicate was human-caused.
B.C. sues pharmaceutical companies over opioid addictions

B.C. sues pharmaceutical companies over opioid addictions

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government filed a proposed class-action lawsuit Wednesday against pharmaceutical companies in an attempt to recoup the costs associated with opioid addiction. The lawsuit filed in the B.C.
Adopt a panda in support of the Richmond Christmas Fund

Adopt a panda in support of the Richmond Christmas Fund

Pandas will be sold on Sept. 8 and Sept. 9 on the first floor of Aberdeen Centre
ICBC cautions drivers to plan ahead this long weekend

ICBC cautions drivers to plan ahead this long weekend

With the Labour Day long weekend approaching, ICBC is reminding drivers to take caution on the roads and expect travel delays. According to the provincial insurance corporation approximately five people die and 580 are injured in 2,100 crashes in B.