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Gift helps melt away feelings of discrimination

Gift helps melt away feelings of discrimination

Longtime Richmondite John Cameron finally gets his fondue
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With $10.5 million deficit, more school budget cuts coming

With $10.5 million deficit, more school budget cuts coming

The Richmond School District is facing what may be the largest funding deficit in its history, as declining enrollment continues to plague trustees, who will be forced to make more difficult program cuts come June.
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Homes replace businesses in Steveston's last industrial pasture

Homes replace businesses in Steveston's last industrial pasture

One of Steveston’s last plots of industrial land, which once housed a number of popular businesses, is expected to be rezoned for single-family homes.
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City flooded with building permit applications on farmland

City flooded with building permit applications on farmland

The City of Richmond has received a flood of applications for building permits for houses on farmland since Jan. 3, around the time of a staff report to council on regulating the size of homes in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR).
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Feature: Property rights of farmers clash with ‘city slicker’ Richmond council

Feature: Property rights of farmers clash with ‘city slicker’ Richmond council

Realtor and farmer Dale Badh is concerned about council imposing limits on home sizes on protected agricultural land
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Do you know Richmond armed robbery suspect?

Do you know Richmond armed robbery suspect?

Police need help identifying man who held dance wear store staff at gunpoint
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Car fire closes Massey Tunnel during morning commute

Car fire closes Massey Tunnel during morning commute

Fire crews responded to a car fire Thursday morning in the Massey Tunnel, which was subsequently closed to traffic in both directions for a short time. The fire was reported to be in one of the northbound lanes.
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Short-term rental policy softened by city staff

Short-term rental policy softened by city staff

Owners need not be present to operate an Airbnb establishment
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Council questions provincial infrastructure priorities for Richmond

Council questions provincial infrastructure priorities for Richmond

Decision to build bridge over hospital tower irks some council members
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Explosive disposal team called in after Richmond bomb scare

Explosive disposal team called in after Richmond bomb scare

Suspicious package reported in north of the city prompts evacuation
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