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More money will be dished out by the City of Richmond next year in civic grants - and the main beneficiary will be the grossly under-funded arts community.

The Music at the Cannery series presents Vancouver indie singer/ songwriter Dave Hadgkiss on Friday, July 22 at 6: 30 p.m. at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, 12138 Fourth Ave. Admission by donation. For more information, visit The Beat Merchant at www.

Most people in Richmond had at least heard of Milan Ilich. And his popularity and high esteem in which he was held was never more evident Friday when hundreds of people turned out for a celebration of Ilichs life at the Richmond Funeral Home.

Minister of Environment Terry Lake defended the work of the B.C.

Five people have been arrested after cops uncovered a massive synthetic drug lab in suburban Richmond.

Homicide rates in B.C. plummeted last year to their lowest level since statistics started being recorded, helping send Canada's murder rate to its lowest point since the mid-1960s. At 1.8 per 100,000 residents, B.C.

Peter Kozak is a chartered accountant, but he's also a car buff, boater, cyclist and occasional guitar player. The active 63-year-old Richmondite will devote more time to these and other passions when he retires.

The German word Urkontinent, coined back in 1929 by geophysicist Alfred Wegener, meant "one single large continent.

The developer of the six-storey, wood-frame building in Richmond that burned to the ground in a massive fire in May says he will implement the fire safety recommendations put forth by Surrey's fire chief when he rebuilds the project.

School is out and now your teenager wants to hit the road - in your car. In 2010, more than 49,000 teens got their first B.C. driver's licence, according to an ICBC press release.