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Richmond MP Alice Wong has opened up a book of condolence for people to pay their respects to NDP leader and Leader of the Opposition Jack Layton, who died earlier this week. The book will be available to constituents in her office at 360 5951 No.

A Richmond businessman who disappeared 10 years ago in the midst of a gangland-style hit will be memorialized with a 180-kilogram steel statue inside the Olympic oval.

Kerry-Lynne Findlay recognized for helping women

August 24 1967 -- Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the NYSE by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.

The RCMP have asked for the public's help in tracking down a suspected car thief after a vehicle was stolen from the River Rock Casino.

Police are urging motorcyclists to slow down, after a shocking four motorcycle deaths, and another crash with life-threatening injuries so far this August, in RCMP-policed areas of the Lower Mainland.

Route diverts truck traffic off Westminster Hwy.

Its been 25 years in the making, but Richmonds Rick Hansen has kicked off the 25th Anniversary Relay of his famous Man in Motion tour.

Local growers, police hunt for clues after blueberry profits drop

A Steveston fisherman has seven million reasons to be happy -- and, for once, it has nothing to do with salmon. Van Hen Lu, who lives in Vancouver but whose boat is docked in Richmond, was the lucky winner of last week's Lotto 6/49 $7.