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Funeral director kicks the competition in dance off

Wind Waves may be winding its merry way down the Pacific Coast Highway to its new home in California. But it may not be too long before replacements are found and installed all over Richmond.

It's all about confidence, and the markets have confidence in B.C. This was the key message in Kevin Falcon's speech to the Richmond Chamber of Commerce last Friday morning.

Education Minister George Abbott said in a news teleconference Thursday he still "believes that having a thoughtful and constructive mediator is a route we have to go down.

The boating event and Steveston Salmon Festival will join forces

The daughter of a Kelowna RCMP superintendent has been charged in connection to a suspected dial-a-doper operation. Lisa Hope McKinnon, the 22-year-old daughter of Supt. Bill McKinnon, was arrested in Kelowna on Tuesday, RCMP said Friday morning.

Schools open, but parents urged to make alternative arrangements for kids

The new IKEA Richmond store has announced its opening day. The 334,000 square foot store on Jacombs Road - adjacent to the current building on Sweden Way in the Bridgeport area - will open on April 25.

Loaded onto a truck and ready for warmer climes, Wind Waves bode a final farewell to Garry Point Park on Wednesday.

The City of Richmond's pilot public spaces recycling program has reduced beverage containers found in the waste stream by 27 per cent.