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The Lower Mainland’s four largest cities and the B.C. government celebrated the opening of Taiwanfest by declaring August 30, 2014, as Tzu Chi Day…
The Lower Mainland’s four largest cities and the B.C. government celebrated the opening of Taiwanfest by declaring August 30, 2014, as Tzu Chi Day…
At least three of Richmond’s major political slates have no plans to challenge incumbent Mayor Malcolm Brodie. And, an independent candidate has yet to voice a desire to see a change in the city’s most powerful political seat come election time in November…
On July 13, Metro Vancouver issued an air quality advisory after ground-level ozone readings exceeded targets in the eastern parts of the region. The advisory was lifted two days later, but this short-term smog event underscores the importance of Metro Vancouver’s efforts to reduce air pollution…
Rising ocean levels have captured the attention of long-term planners on Canada’s west coast, where there has been a wave of proposals aimed at staving off the impacts of levels that rise as the world warms…
On Tuesday morning the city permanently closed a stretch of River Road that brought drivers around the Richmond Olympic Oval and then under the Dinsmore Bridge in favour of a new alignment…
Six non-profit groups have come together to fund the construction and management of Storeys, a 129-unit affordable housing complex to be built on the former site of Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant near Richmond City Hall…
On Monday, Richmond City Council officially passed a $3 million loan, using casino revenue, for rental subsidies at a planned 129-unit social housing complex…
An open letter to mayor and council. As the previous manager of the University of B.C. Aquatic Centre and Aquatics in Richmond I am concerned in relation to the lack of vision for the new facilities in Richmond…
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said this project is a sign that Richmond wants to tackle the affordable housing issue. “Affordable housing is a …
However, Mayor Malcolm Brodie noted thereafter that the loan was planned. City staff initially asked developer Intracorp for cash, in lieu of building 29 …