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Many Richmond soccer players are happy being back on the fields as the province slowly opens up from the spring pandemic lockdown. One of them, Eric Wong, couldn't wait to get back on the pitch after being stuck at home for two months.

If you haven’t already, now might be a good time to pull out your fans and stock up on sunscreen.

Since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1998, MS Bike ambassador Jennifer Carr-Zingle has been committed to improving the lives of Canadians living with the disease.

A 10-year-old girl was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a bear bit her leg while she was out walking with her family at Rice Lake yesterday. The incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m., according to the B.C.

Park use is up 85% at Colony Farm in Coquitlam, 67% at Belcarra and 35% at Minnekhada in Port Coquitlam

Richmond resident David Gurney is all smiles and little wonder – his bank balance has just gotten $100,000 heavier. Gurney won the cash on a Bingo Grand Scratch & Win ticket he bought recently at Pharmasave on N. 3 Road.

Firefighters and burn survivors raised $200,068 for Burn Camp at the 27th annual Burn Camp Kick Off last week. Hosted virtually, 100 young burn survivors and firefighters tuned in to celebrate Burn Camp.

Traffic calming measures in Steveston will be extended throughout the month of August following the long weekend. Council voted at Monday’s general purposes committee meeting to limit Bayview and Moncton streets to one-way traffic after the B.C.

Don’t be irresponsible. That’s the message coming from Metro Vancouver as another sunny weekend beckons.

Transit police are investigating reports that a man on a Burnaby SkyTrain platform was pretending to shoot other passengers Friday morning.