Local News

February 17, 2014 marks the beginning of Chamber of Commerce Week, an opportunity for Chambers of commerce all across British Columbia to showcase their hard work on behalf of business.

Delta-Richmond East MP defends cuts to fisheries, environment

If you're hoping for a significant other to snuggle up close, perhaps a horror flick is the way to go. Valentine's Day: Five women are stalked by an unknown assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.

Richmondite Buck, 99, shares day of love with girlfriend of four years

To celebrate Valentine's Day, the News focused on relationships and dipped into the lives of two couples: a pair of divorcees who met on the Internet and a boyfriend-girlfriend duo, whose combined years total 186. See Friday Feature pages 14 and 15

An unprecedented joint high school between the school districts of New Westminster and Richmond is one idea that could come to fruition if the new Hamilton Area Plan is approved following a public hearing on Feb. 25.

Today the Mayor's Council on Regional Transportation will gather to see if it can meet an ultimatum set last week by Minister of Transportation Todd Stone to draft a regional transportation strategy within the next four months.

There are plenty of reasons to do business in Richmond. We are a vibrant, diverse community projecting a population growth of 40,000 by 2040.

"Overall, Richmond is performing well in consideration of national and provincial economic trends," stated the city's report.

Juan Pablo Alvarez lost his cousin and best friend Juan Carlos Quijano-Flores one fateful night on the Knight Street Bridge. But Alvarez let young father Flores take the blame until DNA evidence proved otherwise.