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Minister pledges 'shovels into the ground' within months after mayors OK gas, property tax rises

For more than 20 years, residents of Metro Vancouver's northeast sector have watched as a long-promised rapid transit system for their area has been ignored in favour of extensions to SkyTrain and the construction of the Canada Line.

Richmond residents finally have a place to put out their smoke detectors

The AlarmRecycle program began this month to encourage British Columbians to recycle old smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms and combination alarms at facilities across the province, free of charge.

Good gardens = good neighbours

Riding my bike down Westminster Highway to the Sharing Farm at Terra Nova for the garlic festival on 14 August, I passed Gibbons Drive.

Richmond AIDS society a lifeline to new mom

Angela, 28, is a former prostitute and drug addict who gets weekly help from the Heart of Richmond AIDS Society. She credits the nonprofit organization for being a lifeline for her and her 11-month-old daughter.

Municipal matters

Get studying, do your election homework

Steel Magnolias stays strong after 22 years

What female baby boomer can forget Steel Magnolias, the blockbuster 1989 movie about the heartwarming friendship between six strong Southern ladies? Or the cemetery scene when Sally Fields, who played the mother of the dying Shelby Eatenton (Julia Ro

Coast serves up a snowshoeing ace

When I learned I'd be snowshoeing for the first time, it'd be fair to say I was struggling to delve deep into my shallow well of knowledge of this odd winter pastime.

Mayor stands TransLink ground

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie won't back property tax hikes to help fund TransLink's $1.4-billion "Moving Forward" plan.

Reaching out to connect with the city's homeless

Community rallies for annual event, aims to help, heal

Bride's kidney begins to fail

Kelsey Jordan has a lot to live for, with her one-year wedding anniversary to her British husband coming up this Thanksgiving weekend.