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A Richmond businessman and a former B.C. border guard have been sentenced to a total of 33 years after smuggling $5 million worth of cocaine into Canada from the U.S.

Farmers must adapt to, not protest, market change: Zylmans

Open houses are being held this weekend to update the public and get feedback on the city's latest Art Strategy. A trio of open houses began yesterday (Thursday) and will continue today (Friday) and Saturday at the Richmond Cultural Centre.

The 9th Annual Richmond Maritime Festival returns to the historic Britannia Heritage Shipyard from Aug. 10 to 12. Crabby the Crab, the Shipheads and a crew of other entertainers are being lined up for the three-day festival.

Richmond RCMP is asking the public to look out for a woman who's been missing since the end of May. Yang Bai, 26, was last seen by family members on May 30 at her home in Richmond, but has not been heard from since.

Dr. Joe Lomas, the first veterinarian to open a clinic in Richmond, Richmond Animal Hospital, died peacefully on Monday, July 9 surrounded by his loving family. He was 94. The 60-year Richmond resident died after a long battle with heart disease.

Woman bound, assaulted in her own home, midday

Early Sunday morning, someone broke into Sara's Old Fashioned Ice Cream in Steveston and took off with around $180 of Lord Byng elementary school's Stevestonthemed T-shirt money, as well as money left in the register.

Richmond RCMP is on the trail of a lobster fraudster - after a credit card thief slipped through their net.

Besides both being adorable, brothers Jordan and Aidan Wessels share another commonality.