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Valentine's Day photo contest

Love is in the air and now is the time to show it. Send in a romantic picture of you and your sweetie for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to the Mad Greek Restaurant and a bouquet of flowers from Fresh Touch Flowers. But you have to be fast.

Be that hero, save a life; Richmond Fire-Rescue urge people to learn CPR

If you happen to be in the room when someone goes into cardiac arrest, you can double or even triple their chances of survival. All you have to do to be that hero is be trained in CPR.

Help environment, buy local flowers this Feb. 14

Valentines Day is the biggest day of the year for local florists. Stevestons Prickly Pear has been fielding calls for days leading up to the most romantic day on the calendar Feb. 14.

New noise zones expected to rule over Richmond

The long-awaited new noise bylaw in Richmond edged closer to completion this week.

Company fueled by new contract

A local bioenergy company has been awarded $1.5 million to build an "energy garden" that uses kitchen scraps to help light homes. Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre, a Harvest Power Inc.

Cooking up among cars, counsellors

Touchstone launches Eat Together fundraising campaign

Richmond bioenergy company fueled by $1.5 million contract

A local bioenergy company has been awarded $1.5 million to build an "energy garden" that will use kitchen scraps to light homes. Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre, a Harvest Power Inc. company, will divert 27,000 metric tons of organic materials from B.

RBC makes big donation for small patients

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Royal Bank of Canada No. 3 and Williams Branch, the RBC Foundation is making a $25,000 donation to Richmond Hospital.

Richmond symposium explores affordable housing options

Homebuyers with moderate to low incomes in other Canadian cities are getting a mortgage booster through shared equity programs that proponents see as one solution to the housing affordability problem in B.C.

Warrant issued for fraud suspect

Richmond RCMP is asking the public for help in tracking down a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for fraud.