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Richmond’s Jewish community was determined to not let the tragedy that took place at a New York menorah lighting Saturday night dim their celebration the next day, which marked the end of Hannukah.

As the holiday season comes to an end and the decorations come down, Richmondites can support local charities while getting their Christmas trees chipped.

John Kaplan started off the New Year by sucking water out of his basement with a five-gallon shop vac. The Hamilton resident and magician-by-trade woke up Tuesday morning to find his front yard and basement flooded – for the second time this month.

Year in Review – June : He’d been doing it for 41 years with little or no blowback, but this June well-known Richmond farmer Bill Zylmans fell foul of the city’s bylaws with his giant strawberry sign.

Imagine starting 2020 with $65 million in your pocket? That could be the reality for someone as Tuesday’s Lotto Max jackpot stands at $65 million. There are also an estimated $8 max million prizes also up for grabs in tonight’s draw.

The Richmond Olympic Oval has lost about $300,000 in sponsorships, partly because of outstanding issues with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on sponsorship guidelines.

The Province of B.C. has announced a list of the most popular names for babies in 2019 - can we get a drum roll please? Olivia is leading the way for babies born this year in British Columbia.

As the sun sets over the horizon on another decade, the Richmond News looked back on the most memorable stories in each of the last 10 years: 2010: An easy one.

Year in Review – May: The lawn bowling clubhouse in Minoru Park will be rebuilt.

Year in Review – April: Forty people came off the streets of Richmond and moved into supportive housing in April when the Temporary Modular Housing (TMH) project opened.