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Then only foul smell you'll find around Iona Beach Regional Park these days is that of the sewage treatment plant. After a new non-smoking Metro Vancouver policy kicked in Jan. 1, the park - on the northwest corner of Sea Island - is now smoke-free.

An internal investigation is underway at Vancouver International Airport after a traveller passed through airport security Saturday night with a pocket knife.

They may be down on previous years, but second best in the whole of Canada isnt to be sniffed at. The preliminary results from the 111th annual Ladner Christmas Bird Count which takes in south Richmond recorded 140 different species during the Dec.

Depression spurred Patsy Wilding to set up mom's group

A week after his foster-son relationship with Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson created head-lines, Jinagh Navas-Rivas surrendered to police for his alleged role in a dial-a-dope operation.

Thanks to about $2 million still to be spent from the Richmond School District's $9.5 million budget surplus, Hugh Boyd secondary will get new classrooms. Or, more accurately, they get to reuse old ones.

Property assessment spikes in Richmond are among the highest in the province, with some rising as much as 30 per cent.

A rash of collisions between cars and pedestrians has led to police calling for everyone to take greater care on or near Richmonds roads.

Four office girlfriends have 250,000 reasons to smile after they scooped the $1 million Maxmillion bonus. The women claimed the prize this week after buying their ticket at the Chevron gas station at No. 5 and Bridgeport roads for the Dec. 23 draw.