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No longer content with simply soaking up the sun and gawking at the sites, many tourists and students are seeking opportunities to give back to the less-developed countries they visit through volunteer work.

Public Accounts figures released this week for the province show Richmond Centre MLA Rob Howard as one of top spenders when it comes to expenses.

Concern over six-storey wooden buildings continues

Public Accounts figures released this week for the province show Richmond Centre MLA Rob Howard as one of top spenders when it comes to expenses.

In a detention review hearing for China's most wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing, federal ministry immigration lawyers made the unusual move of calling a witness to testify on the hearing's first day.

Airport has reached milestones and weathered controversies

A road trip junkie from Richmond has won free gas for five years. Hon Chan won the $15,000 prize after he posed alongside his car with the hood up and entered the photo into the Shell V-Power Fuel My Passion contest.

Cycling 200 kilometres might seem like a long haul to most, but not for Richmond cyclist and elementary school teacher Doug Masuhara.

The owner of a dead cat is posting warning notices in her neighbourhood after raccoons dragged away her family pet of 17 years.

The City of Richmond was honoured with the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development's Child Care Award of Excellence this year - making it one of only two city governments to receive the award.