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A new online trip planner, the first of its kind in Canada, will help commercial vehicle operators plan their routes across B.C., the provincial government and TransLink announced Friday.

Child care for essential workers in Richmond, and across the province, will continue until the end of the summer. The province has extended the emergency child care support for essential service workers until Aug.

For 2020, the BC SPCA has moved its popular summer animal camps online. “Kids are invited to join the SPCA for a fun-filled, week-long Summer Session that is all about animals,” says Paula Neuman, BC SPCA humane education manager.

So, you got some unexpected and unordered free stuff from Amazon delivered right to your doorstep. Don't celebrate.

Four new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Richmond over the past week, bringing the total to 96. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) released the latest numbers on Thursday afternoon.

Richmond RCMP say that 83-year-old Shiro Amano, who was reported missing Thursday afternoon after he failed to return to his home near Lansdowne Centre, has been located and is "safe and sound.

At the age of 100, Toshio Murao, born at Steveston Fisherman’s Hospital, passed away on July 5. Murao was well-known in the community for his volunteer work on behalf of the Japanese community. Murao was born on Jun.

A suspended Richmond RCMP officer has been charged with 34 counts of voyeurism and three counts of sexual assault involving six women known to him. Andrew Seangio was suspended in B.C.

Richmond city staff tasked with reminding residents to keep to physical distancing rules have encountered groups of youth and young adults who aren’t complying and are often rude when staff remind them of the rules, according to the city.

The poll also finds that nearly three quarters of Canadians agree that they support vaccinations against COVID-19 being mandatory once a vaccine is developed.