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Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1 Carnival rides and inflatable fun from noon to 5 p.m. Canada Day, July 1 6: 30 - 11: 30 a.m.: Pancake breakfast; 9: 30 a.m.: Kids' Bicycle Parade; 9: 50 a.m.: Kajaks Salmon Run road race; 10 a.m.

Tourism Richmond's Steveston Visitor Centre opened last Saturday with a ribbon cutting ceremony, horse and carriage rides and a Richmond Perfect Pie contest.

It's been a week of mixed emotions for Richmond's teachers, after their union leaders ended a 10-month dispute with the B.C. government.

The time on the clock read 3:19 a.m. when some of Peter Grants fellow runners on the TooManyReasons team noticed hed clocked up 35 kilometres. There are many things Grant dreamt of doing in the wee small hours running a marathon wasnt one of them.

Archibald Blair elementarys division one grade six/seven class took top prize this year in the citys Climate Change showdown a program that educates students on climate change and energy conservation.

The city of Richmond wants to make it easier for Richmondites to remember chores such as garbage and recycling pick up or when to pay your property taxes. Enter its new software tool called ReCollect.

Its been a week of mixed emotions for Richmonds teachers, after their union leaders ended a ten-month dispute with the B.C. government.

Last Saturday, Tourism Richmonds Steveston Visitor Centre celebrated its grand opening at its new location in the historic Steveston Museum.

More than 100 business leaders representing the Richmond Chamber of Commerce (RCC) gathered at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel last Thursday (June 21) for the Annual General Meeting and to elect a new Board of Directors.