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The design for a $2.3 million waterfront park next to the Olympic oval has been endorsed by city council. The Oval West Waterfront Park concept which will be split into two phases was first approved by the city back in 2007.

The Vancouver police recommended the first wave of charges Monday against 60 suspected Stanley Cup rioters, more than four months since the largest crime spree in the history of B.C.

The Richmond Public Library is holding a Remembrance Day event on Saturday, Nov. 5 to honour those who fought and gave their lives for their country.

A 24-year-old man was sent to hospital after being stabbed in a shopping centre parking lot early Saturday morning. At around 5 a.m., Richmond RCMP received a report of an assault with weapons at the Lansdowne Shopping Centre on No. 3 Road.

Seven people allegedly associated with the Red Scorpions and Independent Soldiers criminal gangs are facing kidnapping and unlawful confinement charges after a 29-yearold man was abducted Oct. 20 from a downtown Vancouver restaurant.

Kelly Jablonski remembers being on fire, unable to move in the crashed plane, and giving up, knowing he was going to die.

Over the years, publisher Jo Blackmore has seen her fair share of the good, the bad and the really awful.

A jury was shown a video Wednesday of a Richmond, B.C., senior calmly describing how she used box cutters to slit the throat of a friend she believed was having an affair with her husband.

Trustee hopefuls granted wish to heal old budget wounds

Tis the day after Halloween and the carved pumpkin that brought a smile on the faces of little ghosts and goblins is about to become a shrunken gourd. Pumpkins are full of potassium and vitamins A and C.