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Alice Wong, MP for Richmond, flies home from Ottawa today (Friday) to ring in the Chinese New Year; the year of the dragon (Jan. 23 to Feb. 9). Ill be coming home to celebrate the Lunar New Year with friends and family on Saturday night, she said.

As a little girl, Joey Kwan remembers being absolutely terrified of the lion dance. Growing up in Hong Kong, the yearly Chinese New Year lion dances happened outside on the streets.

The City of Richmond has managed to get a consortium of airlines to consider rerouting a pipeline up Highway 99, now its going after the tankers delivering the jet fuel.

There is a hustle and bustle in the homes of Chinese families everywhere. Parents shop for groceries, kids pitch in to vacuum and clean the house, all to welcome the year of the dragon.

It may boast some of the best community sporting facilities in the country, but the Olympic oval still doesnt have anywhere to go eat.

On Monday, local business owners voiced their concerns to Conservative MP Richmond Alice Wong and MP Delta-Richmond East Kerry-Lynne Findlay during a closed pre-budget round table discussion at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce (RCC).

A soccer mom who defrauded Richmond Youth Soccer Association of more than $200,000 has been jailed for two years.

The snowstorm thats been hammering much of the Lower Mainland this week finally arrived in Richmond on Wednesday morning just in time for the morning commute.

The RCMP is appealing for the publics help in identifying a suspected thief who is thought to have raided the lockers at a top gym. On Jan. 8, around 6:30 p.m., police received a report that a male attended the Steve Nash Gym on St.

The dragon is the only imaginary animal in the Chinese Zodiac. According to Chinese mythology, the fire-breathing serpentine creature represents wisdom, strength, benevolence, and good fortune.