Richmond News

Metro Vancouver municipalities are opening more shelters and gathering blankets for the homeless ahead of a cold front sweeping through the region this weekend.

Steve Cardwell is Vancouver School Board's new superintendent after a months-long executive search.

These parking meters could see a change in rates and hours, if Vancouver adopts recommendations in a report from city staff.

You could soon be paying more for parking in Vancouver. The city is looking into boosting slumping revenue by charging more per hour for meter parking, as well as extending street meter hours.

A collision at Beatty and West Georgia late in the morning left one man in hospital after his liquor laden truck collided with a crane truck.

Saturna, B.C. - The Canadian Press Published on Tuesday, Dec. 01, 2009 4:31PM EST A float plane that crashed off Saturna Island, killing six, has been raised from the ocean floor, allowing investigators to begin their search for answers to what caused the tragedy.

Inveterate garage saler and classic car appraiser Bart Nygard was drawn recently to an estate sale at an old house near his home in North Vancouver after asking what was in the rundown garage at the bottom of the property.

Joseph Wallack has found out for himself what it's like to be homeless, and he claims B.C. Housing has let him down.

An HIV test that delivers results in one minute is available in a Davie Street clinic that is funded by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.

A Seair Airlines float plane sits at the terminal dock in Richmond November 29, 2009.

An electronic bidding system developed by the B.C. Construction Association has been used for the first time in British Columbia to close two construction projects.

The Purolator truck pulled into the yard about two weeks ago, signalling the arrival of The Box.

Wearing hot pink jackets, tight black pants and heels, Richmond's own pageant stars couldn't help but turn heads inside Aberdeen Centre during a recent photo shoot.

Picture this: a resident of a downtown Vancouver apartment puts a sign in her window during the Olympics that says, "B.C. homelessness a ' a disgrace." She finds a notice from the city on her door ordering her to take it down, and she refuses, believing the Charter protects her right to express political opinions.

Parents who bought a drop-side crib manufactured by a Vancouver-area company jammed its phone lines and crashed its website yesterday, scrambling for information on what's being called the largest-ever crib recall in North America.

Pink cherry blossoms are a quintessential sign of spring, offering renewed hope for a sunnier existence on the wet, west coast of B.C. At this time of year, Vancouver's citizens emerge from their doorways, pale, with pupils the size of dinner plates, and lacking in vitamin D. According to University of Calgary research, 97 per cent of Canadians are ...

It will travel along Main Street, then north on Lutz Street, west on Mountain Road, ending at Wheeler Boulevard.

Parents who bought a drop-side crib manufactured by a Vancouver-area company jammed its phone lines and crashed its website Tuesday, scrambling for information on what's being called the largest-ever crib recall in North America.

A North Vancouver gangster wanted in California in a drug conspiracy case was gunned down in downtown Toronto early Sunday morning in what police are calling a targeted hit.

This is the second installment of Faces of Vancouver, a new weekly column by Douglas Aitken.