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Super-cycler surpasses 50,000 km

Garry Schenk, 45, bikes from Richmond to work in Vancouver daily

Teen hit with murder charge

Richmond's Fabian Lyde, 18, is the latest to be charged with connection to last month's slaying of Kacey Rogers. Lyde was arrested and slapped with charges of second degree murder and weapon-related offences on Friday.
Student spends spring break in Edmonton lab

Student spends spring break in Edmonton lab

Richmond student Linda Au applied to the national Gene Researcher for a Week program on a whim, and was hardly prepared for the shock that came when she received her acceptance letter.

Second night market approved

Richmond will be home to two night markets this summer, despite one of the owners saying the city isn't big enough for the both of them.

Brother's 'gay bashing' trial starts

The two Richmond brothers accused of viciously assaulting a gay couple in downtown Vancouver in June 2010 appeared for a trial starting Tuesday in Vancouver provincial court.

Bloodmobile comes to town

There's no shortage of need for blood donations in Canada, where about every minute of every day, someone needs blood.

First lingerie football team tryouts held at Sportstown

Players won't get paid, founder and coaches will

Bed bug rumour squashed

Rumours that SilverCity Riverport has a bed bug problem are being quashed. Local media reported last weekend that a movie-goer from Vancouver found the pests crawling over her skin minutes after the film began.

Spring on the road with proper car air filters

Spring is in the air. The birth of a new season. A chance to take in a deep breath of clean, fresh, fragrant air. Well, maybe. Sure, spring brings the fragrance of new flowers, the freshness of the morning dew, the aroma of newly cut grass.

Staff rise to M*A*S*H* moment in windstorm

In the midst of last weeks big windstorm, the lights in one of Richmond Hospitals operating rooms flickered and went out as a second backup generator died.