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Richmond's first city council meeting for 2018 is scheduled for the evening of Monday, Jan. 15 and on its agenda are issues ranging from cannabis regulation to affordable housing. Here's a preview of some of the significant topics up for discussion.

All organics from the City of Richmond will be sent to a facility in Delta starting Feb. 1

You know the blanket of fog covering Richmond is bad when Environment Canada warns of “near zero visibility.” The national environment agency issued the warning Sunday as the dense foggy weather descended upon the Lower Mainland.

Nearly 90 per cent of Richmond’s high school students graduated between 2016-2017 – a rate higher than the province’s average. On Thursday, the province’s Ministry of Education announced high school completion rates across all districts.

My best tip for learning about wine is to make sure you attend the Vancouver International Wine Festival. The 40th annual festival runs from Feb. 24 to March 4 and is Canada’s premier wine event.

Whoever said breakfast is the most important meal of the day evidently never enjoyed the gustatorial delights of the hangover brunch.

To ring in the Lunar New Year, Canada Post is celebrating the Year of the Dog with special edition stamps. The stamps will be released Monday, Jan. 15 as part of its 12-year series celebrating the Chinese New Year.

A Legobar, the first of its kind, made entirely out of one million Lego blocks, will pop up in Vancouver this summer.

Paul King Jin, the B.C. Lottery Corp.-banned lender at the centre of an investigation into alleged transnational money laundering in B.C. casinos, claims that he delivered a $2.

As finance ministers across Canada start putting the finishing touches on their 2018 budgets, they are sure to be casting a nervous glance to the south. In late December, the U.S.