…. City staff also raised funds for the Richmond Food Bank through a variety of fundraising initiatives at their annual staff Christmas party. Earlier this month Mayor Malcolm Brodie presented a $3,060 cheque on behalf of city staff for the Richmond Food Bank….
The Fossil Fuel Wars in British Columbia and Canada
Socialist Project
Richmond is one of the Fraser Delta municipalities directly threatened by rising ocean levels caused by the increased extraction and burning of fossil fuels. Somehow, Richmond and its neighboring municipalities are going to have to find billions (yes, billions) of dollars in the near future to raise the levels of the dikes that protect them from the rising oceans…
Christmas wishes: More children’s mentors, more food on Richmond’s table
Richmond News
Mayor wishes for greater social equity, child advocate asks for adults to anchor kids’ lives…
Battle against industrialization not over
Richmond News
Despite losing one round in the battle to prevent further industrialization of the Fraser River’s south arm earlier in the day, a group of 50 or so gathered in Steveston last Thursday night to learn more about how they can protest the plan for coal shipments along the important salmon-bearing waterway…
Jet fuel protestors mount legal challenge
Richmond News
Mayor Malcolm Brodie also condemned the decision, calling the process “flawed” and reiterated the City of Richmond’s disapproval of the fuel delivery…
Who’ll pay to dike the Pacific?
Vancouver Sun
The dike in Richmond protects developments from flooding, but global warming may result in a sea level rise of 1.2 metres by 2100…
Jet fuel pipeline to YVR given conditional environmental assessment approval
Globalnews.ca
The provincial government has granted conditional environmental assessment approval to a jet fuel pipeline to Vancouver International Airport. The project faced significant opposition from Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie and city councillors over concerns of a spill or major fire…
Richmond doesn’t have capacity, equipment to fight fires on newly-approved jet fuel tankers: documents
The Province
New concerns came to light on Friday from Richmond, which will be host city to ocean-going tankers coming up the south arm of the Fraser River to docks and a tank storage farm to be located in southeast Richmond, as well as a 15-km underground pipeline from there to Vancouver International Airport…
Joy to Richmond from a miracle on Alderbridge Way?
Richmond Review
The Walmart mall issue is not over. In this season of joy to the world, let’s hope the problem will become a joy. A small miracle is possible…
Coal town hall in Richmond: Battle against river’s industrialization not over
Richmond News
Despite losing one round in the battle to prevent further industrialization of the Fraser River’s south arm earlier in the day, a group of 50 or so gathered in Steveston Thursday night to learn more about how they can protest the plan for coal shipments along the important salmon-bearing waterway…