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New Steveson-based lifeboat makes first rescue two hours after being delivered for service

Richmond Fire-Rescue officials are reminding the public to call them first before trying to fight a fire themselves. The message comes after a fire Friday evening in a townhouse complex in the 9500-block of No. 3 Road.

Public invited to be part of nursery rhyme relay at maritime festival

Changing the way aircraft are designed to save lives by limiting fires after plane crashes wouldn't be simple, nor would it be the most effective way to reduce aviation fatalities, a senior official with Transport Canada says.

Last year, the City of Richmond made a groundbreaking decision to ban the growth of genetically engineered crops in the city.

Who's going to pay for this crap? That's the question being bandied about Metro Vancouver cities regarding plans for a new Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant. The new sewage plant will come with a hefty price tag.

Three hundred people regularly descend on Richmond's community gardens with seeds and shovel in hand, ready to quite literally reap what they sow.

Vancouverites are some of the biggest bookworms in Canada, according to sales data from Amazon that show residents bought the most books in print and electronic form over the past year. Richmond, on the other hand, made the Top 20 list at 15.

A couple of decades ago, it'd be rare to study for four years, get a degree and then settle on a vast stretch of land to till the soil. Farming was instead largely relegated to another, slower, time, before globalization and mass development.