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Teachers, students recall the day the little school opened

Its all fun and frolics down at the Country Farm pumpkin patch on Steveston Highway and Sidaway Road.

Beekeepers are hoping two important breakthrough studies being done by University of British Columbia researchers will help solve a worldwide problem that is leading to a dangerous decline in honeybees.

Since its launch last month, Ageless Volunteerism at the Richmond Food Bank has successfully attracted a corps of past and new volunteers to help on Saturdays with the myriad of chores at the food bank.

Delta Hotels and Resorts was ranked ninth on the 50 Best Employers in Canada list by Aon Hewitt. This is the twelfth consecutive year Delta has placed on the list, but first year to rank in the top ten.

A 21-year-old man got caught filming up an unsuspecting woman's skirt in the middle of a busy town centre store. Harshit Garcha shot the video while he walked around Winners in Lansdowne Centre.

The popularity of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has grown exponentially. Today, there are nearly 1,000 ETFs globally and the numbers continue to rise. In both bear and bull markets, investors have enjoyed the benefits of ETFs.

WorkSafeBC in Richmond is the winner of the Provincial/Crown Corporation thanks to its novel way of spreading the message about workplace safety and health - both internally to staff and in the outside community.

Boys were attacked in broad daylight

The B.C. Coroners Service announced this week it has identified a woman whose feet washed ashore near Ladner in 2008. The two feet washed up on two separate beaches several months apart.