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Porsche crashes into Richmond's Thai House Restaurant

Porsche crashes into Richmond's Thai House Restaurant

A Porsche SUV was pulled out of a Thai restaurant in Richmond Wednesday afternoon with nary a noodle on it, according to eyewitnesses. Fortunately, an employee at Thai House Restaurant said no one from the restaurant was injured in the accident.
Pi Day celebration at Richmond Mathematics Learning Centre

Pi Day celebration at Richmond Mathematics Learning Centre

Do you know the math term “π”? This indefinite number is a critical concept in pure mathematics and typically expressed as 3.14 or 3.1415. Mathnasium of Richmond is having an open house celebration of Pi Day next Wednesday at 3:14:15 p.m.
Richmond residents raise funds for 8-year-old with cancer

Richmond residents raise funds for 8-year-old with cancer

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: your once-healthy, vibrant child is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. For eight-year-old Richmond resident Karalyn Giron-Plante, that diagnosis was a cancerous brain tumour.
B.C. residents face charges in ‘profoundly shocking’ case of animal abuse

B.C. residents face charges in ‘profoundly shocking’ case of animal abuse

Two B.C. residents have been charged with animal cruelty toward a dog in what a B.C. SPCA official calls “one of the most profoundly shocking cases of abuse we have ever witnessed.
World News: Oldest message in a bottle found at remote Australian beach

World News: Oldest message in a bottle found at remote Australian beach

Sydney - A message in a bottle written 132 years ago and found on an Australian beach by a group of walkers including the parents of Formula One star Daniel Ricciardo has been verified as the world's oldest known missive of its kind.
Loblaw stores introduce high-protein cricket powder

Loblaw stores introduce high-protein cricket powder

Looking for a new source of protein in your morning smoothie? Cricket powder just might do the trick. Announced yesterday, Loblaw’s stores will soon carry President's Choice® 100% Cricket Powder on its shelves.
Property crimes down in Richmond in 2017

Property crimes down in Richmond in 2017

Overall reports of crime in 2017 was down four per cent over 2016, in Richmond, with Mounties reporting improvements in property crime tempered by an uptick in homicide investigations and the number of violent crime incidents remaining nearly the sam
Delayed Minoru pool and seniors' centre promises to be iconic

Delayed Minoru pool and seniors' centre promises to be iconic

At $80 million it is Richmond's single-most expensive public facility in history
World News: UN chief says time to seize the opportunity for Korean talks

World News: UN chief says time to seize the opportunity for Korean talks

United Nations (United States) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged all sides to seize the opportunities of a planned summit between North and South Korea, as well as future talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons
City of Richmond blows $50,000 on failed Minoru Multipole

City of Richmond blows $50,000 on failed Minoru Multipole

An American artist has walked away from a controversial public art project at the new, but delayed Minoru pool and seniors’ centre — and she’s taken $50,000 from city hall with her.