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Another Richmond resident has been charged for allegedly taking part in the notorious Stanley Cup riot of 2011. The Crown on Thursday approved charges of participating in the riot and breaking and entering against Jeffery Xiao, 20.

Calendar switch fills empty seats, refreshes

Join Richmonds mayor for a healthy walk around Minoru Park to mark and celebrate Move For Health Day on Thursday, May 10. As well as the walk from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the event will also feature a variety of activities to get everyone moving.

I have long been intrigued by Romanian folklore. The very word Transylvania sends a shiver down my spine with bloodcurdling images of haunted castles and fanged creatures. I am ready to find the historical threads in the lore.

The standard school calendar as we know it actually harks back to 18th century England, when much of that country relied on an agrarian society a society that depends on agriculture as its primary means for support and sustenance.

Thirteen-year-old Mehima Dhandwar was one of the first elementary students in Richmond to climb the Richmond Olympic Oval's new climbing wall. Tuesday, the oval officially unveiled its state-of-the-art 6,400 square foot climbing wall.

Any parent worried that, by December, they're going to be scrambling around for childcare need not fret.

Despite many experts asserting that the current research is inconclusive, B.C.'s education minister George Abbott says the proof is out there that a balanced school calendar has academic benefits.

A 20-year-old Richmond man is among the latest to be facing charges for his part in the notorious Stanley Cup riot last year.

In the second of our two-part series on the balanced school calendar, the News profiles the work of Garden City and Spulukwuks elementaries and the Education Ministers point of view.