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Richmonds junior kindergarten school, Core Education & Fine Arts, have brought donations from home to create a food and gift hamper for the Richmond Christmas Fund. The fund has paired the school with a local family in need.

SATURDAY The Steveston Rotary invites all seniors to a Seniors Christmas Lunch on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 1 p.m. Seniors 65+ are invited to join Steveston Rotary for a traditional Christmas lunch of turkey and trimmings along with Christmas carols.

It's a bouncing baby boy for Richmond Olympian Alexa Loo and her husband Ari Goosen. Louie Sander Goosen made his appearance at 2: 07 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at Richmond Hospital, weighing in at a healthy nine pounds and eight ounces.

Carla once used the food bank and now owns a salon with 10 employees

Stumble across a variety of scenes from eager vendors to baby crocs in a tub

The Richmond Yacht Club presents their annual Parade of Lights. Brightly decorated vessels will be on parade on the Fraser River between the Dinsmore Bridge and Cambie Road from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the evenings of Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec.

The public is being warned to be wary of a well-dressed door-to-door salesman, purporting to be raising money for the Scouts.

Richmond residents will be digging deeper into their tax pockets next year, with rates for water, sewer, garbage and recycling set to rise.

Bill (Vassillis) Lymberopoulos is a well-known figure in Richmond's hospitality industry. For decades, he has owned and run a number of restaurants, including Monterey Greek Taverna.

According to a recent Ipsos Reid survey commissioned by Waste Management looking at Canadians environmental behaviours during the holidays, British Columbia is among the leaders in holiday sustainability.