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Lower Mainland motorists were dealt a seven-cent-a-litre shock in gasoline prices Friday as the market absorbed a double whammy of higher oil prices and a regional refinery shutdown. Gasoline prices jumped overnight in the Lower Mainland to $1.

A Richmond senior who is serving a term of life in prison for slitting the throat of her friend is under RCMP investigation again, the B.C. Court of Appeal was told Friday.

Two of Richmond's biggest festivals are set to join forces this summer. The inaugural Ships to Shore event last year will return in late June and culminate with the Steveston Salmon Festival on July 1.

Author gives budding writers tips to get published

Before it got better, life for David Levitt, a gay 15-year-old from Richmond, got so bad he tried to hang himself with strings from his brother's guitar.

More than 500 students, teachers, retired teachers and administrators from the Richmond School District danced in perfect harmony all in the name of the Fifth Annual Pink Shirt Anti-Bullying Day, Wednesday, Feb. 29.

Fancy getting paid to eat out every day for free? No? What if a free apartment, living expenses and membership for the Richmond Olympic Oval gym were also thrown into the mix? If you think you're just the man or woman for the job, then get your appli

(Courtesy of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada) The survey shows clearly that the frequency of bullying is widespread and that Canadians are both deeply concerned about bullying and ready to act against this damaging form of abuse.

Walkout could happen on Monday

Smoking on rise