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Letters: Support Richmond businesses, each other in time of crisis

Letters: Support Richmond businesses, each other in time of crisis

Dear Editor, What the last couple of weeks have brought to us has been unbelievable. Richmond, along with everywhere else in Canada, has been struggling to cope. I find my Steveston neighbourhood trying to find its way in this new environment.
A Richmond student's mind: Graduating high school in a pandemic

A Richmond student's mind: Graduating high school in a pandemic

A look-in with Geoffrey Magrill, a grade 12 McMath student, interning with the Richmond Chamber of Commerce.
Letters: Richmond schools closed, but learning persists

Letters: Richmond schools closed, but learning persists

Open letter to parents, guardians, On March 17, the B.C. Ministry of Education directed all school districts to immediately suspend all K-12 in-class instruction.
Editor's column: Panic may not be a bad thing during pandemic

Editor's column: Panic may not be a bad thing during pandemic

Okay, I’m kind of getting on to this…me, working at the dining room table, my husband upstairs at the desk in my son’s room.
Column: Is your special bottle still drinkable?

Column: Is your special bottle still drinkable?

Often, people tell me that they’ve been saving a special bottle of wine for a special occasion, and they ask me if the wine is still drinkable.
Healthwise Column: This crisis calls for courage

Healthwise Column: This crisis calls for courage

The COVID-19 pandemic is the single greatest threat to the health and wellbeing of you and those you love. And it is at times of crisis that each of us must summon the courage to say and do what is needed.
Book Review: Love-letter to libraries a fascinating read

Book Review: Love-letter to libraries a fascinating read

The fire that gutted the Los Angeles library in 1986 was shocking to staff, patrons and the community at large. This was a library that housed research collections, the largest record of patents in the U.S.
Column: Spring ahead with these colourful and tasty wines

Column: Spring ahead with these colourful and tasty wines

Now that we are in a self-isolation thanks to COVID-19, it’s time to think pleasant and positive thoughts. Spring sprang forth yesterday and the weather obliged with sunshine and warmer temperatures.
Book Review: Who will protect the monsters from us?

Book Review: Who will protect the monsters from us?

Dr. Greta Helsing has the most unusual medical practice in modern London: most of her patients are dead.
Column: No vaccinations yet but plenty of cancellations

Column: No vaccinations yet but plenty of cancellations

When something extraordinary happens, we hear certain words repeated over and over again by the news media. Currently, in addition to quarantine, there are the words vaccination and cancellation.