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When the voters in Richmond Centre went to cast their ballots in Tuesday night's provincial election the choice was pretty clear, according to Teresa Wat. "Do they want to go back to the '90s when we became a have-not province.

A Richmond acupuncturist is undergoing a pointed investigation after being accused of over billing the Medical Services Plan of around $2 million.

Environmentalists concerned about the prospect of a new coal transfer terminal in Surrey are calling for region-wide public hearings about the project.

The Richmond branch of St. John Ambulance has been pushing hard for a year in a bid to raise $140,000 for its first ever first-aid mobile post.

Unionized staff at Richmonds Ikea store remained on the picket line this week.

The results may be preliminary and there are still some mail-in ballots to be counted, but Richmond slipped to an all-time new low Tuesday night.

Veteran MLAs John Yap and Linda Reid could be asked to step down to help Premier

With the convincing sweep of all three seats in the May 14 B.C. election, Richmond may seem like the ideal B.C. Liberal Party stronghold.

Education assistants and non-teaching staff in Richmond schools, and those around B.C., are ready for a strike after voting in support of job action recently.

An exhausted, exhilarated and emotional John Yap stood centre stage, high above his supporters and proclaimed election night as an unbelievable rush.