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Dickey: City must match economic growth with a smart, sustainable plan that involves promotion of arts, a well-served seniors community, local food promotion and better intergovernmental relationships

Lee: I feel I have ideas on my side that he doesn’t have. I feel people have had enough and want change. I’m idealistic. I don’t care if (Brodie) has $300,000 in his coffers, I’m here to win.

Richmond Mounties dispatched to grass area behind temples after beams spotted by airline pilots on approach to YVR

A surge of unwanted small pets have inundated foster homes at the Small Animal Rescue Society of BC

Planners hope Branscombe House can become a hub and residence for artists and a venue for weddings

Traffic-detecting cameras aren't helping much to alleviate the log jam on River Road but they will soon be installed along Steveston Highway

The Steveston Community Centre is bursting at the seams but discussion on what is to be done about it — including an idea that would see life imitating art — has been left to informal discussions at committee meetings, to date.

A piece of public artwork entitled Traceries is planned for the Capstan Way Sanitary Pump Station Plaza, according to a city report. The work will envelope the station and incorporate drawings, a neighbourhood map and a possible vine trellis.

A redevelopment concept plan for Lang Park, next to the Richmond Public Market, could soon be approved and it could usher in a new era of food trucks in the city’s urban core.

Sal Bhullar and Kirby Graeme join four other Richmond Community Coalition council candidates for the municipal election on Nov. 15.