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It wasn't all sun, sand and sea for some hardworking Richmond teenagers this summer. Many local youth were busy at respective armed forces summer camps, with three in particular sailing through the ranks with flying colours.

Ongoing until Sept. 12 Assembling Place by Jessica Bell at Richmond City Hall Galleria Investigations through mixed media on paper are used by the artist to explore the idiom of collage and assemblage. Location: City Hall Galleria, 6911 No. 3. Rd.

Richmond came out swinging against the HST, according to the referendum results, which were announced Friday. In Richmond East, 65.6 per cent of the residents voted yes to scratching the HST; Richmond Centre saw a 63.

Diane Chouinard reinvented herself in her fifties. A mother, grandmother and former medical transcriber, today Chouinard is a published composer, whose pieces have been performed around the world.

For years, Richmond resident Selina She Yin Tsui held herself out as a "holistic healer," diagnosing ailments ranging from tapeworms, gallstones and parasites all the way up to cancer.

A memorial motorcycle procession to mark the 10th anniversary of 9-11 will start at Richmonds River Rock Casino. The 9-11 Memorial Ride and Remembrance Service will glide out of the casino parking lot on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 8 a.m.

A Richmond arts organization starved of provincial and municipal funding is inviting everyone to help support the arts by taking part in a fun charity-shopping weekend.

A project dreamt up by Richmonds own Marathon Man to get homeless people up and running has quite literally grown arms and legs.

Richmond police are warning against the dangers of vehicles carrying insecure loads after a man was stopped before driving off with a full-sized fridge in the trunk of his car on Aug. 8.

Aki Tanaka realized that she couldn't do it alone. She had spent three years nursing in Japan and wanted to continue her career in Canada. "It was too difficult (alone)," said Tanaka. "I needed more support.