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The Lower Mainland Green Team will be at Iona Beach in Richmond on Sunday July 17th to remove scotch broom from 10am-1pm. All welcome! Refreshments, tools and equipment provided. The event is on rain or shine.

Howard Jampolsky has been appointed as the City of Richmond's representative on the board of the Vancouver Airport Authority. Jampolsky is not new to civic politics and comes with a wealth of experience.

FRIDAY The Music at the Cannery series presents singer Jerry and son Trevor Layton. They will sing the best of the 60s and 70s on Friday, July 15 at 6: 30 p.m. at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, 12138 Fourth Ave. Admission by donation.

Richmond cyclists will soon get a new 1.6 km bike lane along Minoru Boulevard, connecting Granville Avenue with Alderbridge Way.

Richmond RCMP is asking the publics assistance in finding a 35-year-old Richmond man. Kwok Fung "Leonardo" Cheong was reported as missing by family members on July 12. He was last seen on July 10 at his residence.

It may be hard to believe but theres barely two months of summer left. Eventually the weather will get cold (colder) again, it will start to rain (more), and leaves will fall off the trees. Total bummer man.

Bridge tolls on the Oak Street and Arthur Laing bridges, property tax hikes, and more expensive vehicle levies for Richmond drivers are not palatable funding solutions for Translinks budget crunch, according to Mayor Malcolm Brodie.

WEST VANCOUVER Police confirmed today that the body found late Tuesday on Cypress Mountain was 35-year-old Vahid Mahanian of West Vancouver. This comes four years after the man had been seriously injured during a shootout at Richmond's Dover Park.

Federal and provincial agriculture ministers were at a Ladner farm Tuesday morning to announce funding to help some B.C. farmers recover after last years disastrous fall. Federal minister of agriculture Gerry Ritz and Don McRae, B.C.

A collaboration between students and sculptor leads to seven installations at Richmond park