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Video: Avoid area of No. 3 and Ackroyd roads due to water main break

Video: Avoid area of No. 3 and Ackroyd roads due to water main break

A broken water main at No. 3 and Ackroyd roads will take the entire day to fix, the City of Richmond said Saturday. The burst water main has caused flooding in the area, and occured early Saturday morning.
Read this before you go for a hike this weekend

Read this before you go for a hike this weekend

The BC Search and Rescue association says the COVID-19 pandemic means people must be extra cautious in the outdoors
‘I was scared:’ Richmond woman recalls her family’s time stuck in Peru under COVID-19 lockdown

‘I was scared:’ Richmond woman recalls her family’s time stuck in Peru under COVID-19 lockdown

Sabine Yep and her family were among the more than 400 Canadians to return home on the first emergency flight from Peru
People with COVID-19 symptoms will not be allowed on domestic flights, trains: Trudeau

People with COVID-19 symptoms will not be allowed on domestic flights, trains: Trudeau

New Transport Canada rules to kick in noon Monday
With workers ill and traffic down 70%, B.C. Ferries looks at reducing service

With workers ill and traffic down 70%, B.C. Ferries looks at reducing service

B.C. Ferries is negotiating new reduced essential service levels with the province as workers fall ill and traffic plummets by an unprecedented 70%. An agreement is expected early next week, Mark Collins, B.C.
911 swamped with virus calls; non-urgent inquiries should go to 811

911 swamped with virus calls; non-urgent inquiries should go to 811

B.C. paramedics are reporting that 75 per cent of recent calls to 911 ambulance dispatch are related to suspicions of COVID-19 or other influenza-type symptoms.
Richmond school district offers care for essential workers' children

Richmond school district offers care for essential workers' children

School superintendent reached out to families, saying learning opportunities for all students should be in place by the week of April 7.
Richmond senior homes are keeping residents from getting bored

Richmond senior homes are keeping residents from getting bored

Senior living communities in Richmond are looking for ways to keep residents entertained and connected after shutting their doors to non-essential visitors, including musical performers and Tai Chi masters.
B.C. reports 2 more deaths, 67 new cases of COVID-19 for total of 792

B.C. reports 2 more deaths, 67 new cases of COVID-19 for total of 792

Two more people have died from COVID-19 in B.C., as the province’s total cases rises to 792, with 67 new cases, as of Friday afternoon.
Video: No one seriously injured in Richmond crash involving police car: IIO

Video: No one seriously injured in Richmond crash involving police car: IIO

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) has closed its file on a Richmond collision involving an unmarked police car, after determining no one was seriously harmed. The IIO, an independent civilian watchdog of police in B.C.