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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.

The second pedestrian to be killed on Richmond's roads this year was yet another elderly person wearing dark clothes. A 75-year-old woman was struck and killed on No. 1 Road just south of Blundell Road on Feb. 16 around 6: 30 p.m.

UNTIL MARCH 7 KAWAII The Rufus Lin Gallery is pleased to announce a new solo show, "KAWAII - the dreams of a young girl" featuring nine imaginative colour ink and watercolour illustrations.

Reporter Michelle Hopkins gets tips to avoid the number one killer of women

Vancouver Canucks forward Mason Raymond laces up his skates at the Richmond Olympic Oval on Monday to launch this year's Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge and mark the countdown to the 14th Annual Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon and 5K on June 24