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Richmond council rejects further push for empty-homes tax

Richmond council rejects further push for empty-homes tax

Richmond city council is not pushing for an extra empty-homes tax, but they are going to ask the province to return the tax it collects on vacant homes to municipalities. Coun.
RCMP search for witness in deadly collision

RCMP search for witness in deadly collision

Coquitlam RCMP are looking for a witness to the collision that took the life of Grade 8 student Deborah Seol on March 25
Touch-screen kiosks with live updates unveiled by TransLink

Touch-screen kiosks with live updates unveiled by TransLink

Touch-screen kiosks that include live transit schedules are being unveiled today by TransLink.
Norovirus update: Outbreak over, Richmond hotels open for business

Norovirus update: Outbreak over, Richmond hotels open for business

The Richmond hotel and associated restaurant at the centre of last week’s norovirus outbreak is now gradually returning to normal service.
Public invited behind-the-scenes at Richmond cultural, heritage sites

Public invited behind-the-scenes at Richmond cultural, heritage sites

Forty heritage, business and cultural sites will be open to the public next year for the 12th annual Doors Open Richmond.
Richmond's 13-year-old yo-yo champ spins his way to 2nd national title

Richmond's 13-year-old yo-yo champ spins his way to 2nd national title

He’s only went and done it again. Richmond’s 13-year-old yo-yo star Terrance Wang is the national champion in the open division for the second year running.
Some ferries delayed Tuesday due to ticketing issue, mechanical problem

Some ferries delayed Tuesday due to ticketing issue, mechanical problem

Some B.C. Ferries customers on south and central Vancouver Island experienced delays Tuesday morning because of ticketing problems at Swartz Bay terminal and a mechanical issue with a ferry on the Duke Point-Tsawwassen run.
Royal B.C. Museum no longer collecting Indigenous remains

Royal B.C. Museum no longer collecting Indigenous remains

Letters to Scotland sent by a woman from the small settlement of Victoria about 1850 gave First Nations researcher Dianne Hinkley more insight into why the bones of her ancestors might be spread around the world.
12 ways fire departments can improve firefighter mental health

12 ways fire departments can improve firefighter mental health

Recommendations from a B.C. researcher, and how Richmond is working to implement them
Vancouver organization expands global role in internet domain name disputes

Vancouver organization expands global role in internet domain name disputes

What happened: Vancouver will soon be one of a select number of cities handling disputes over domain names such as .com or .