If you think you saw something large and shiny crawling along the Canada Line in Richmond this last week, you'd be right. The operators of the new line, InTransitBC, have started testing Canada Line trains.

A perfect storm of rising sea levels and sudden heavy rainfall puts Richmond, which was built on a flood plain, at significant risk of flooding.

The Surrey man accused of stabbing a co-worker to death at a Richmond cabinet-making shop appears to have been ostracized by his co-workers in the weeks leading up the stabbing.

Homework station set for success Success in school is a marriage of many factors. Proper study habits and continued education at home are some of those factors.

If you think you saw something large and shiny crawling along the Canada Line in Richmond this last week, you'd be right. The operators of the new line, InTransitBC, have started testing Canada Line trains.

The City of Richmond is urging residents to make sure they're ready and able to vote at this year's civic elections in November. The city is asking people if they are registered for the 2008 general local and school elections, scheduled for Nov. 15.

The RCMP is hunting two thugs they believe have carried out a series of violent robberies on letter carriers in Richmond. There have been four attacks on the carriers in the city since April.

Medical prescriptions always come with detailed instructions and a long list of possible side effects. If a person struggles with reading, or with the English language, interpreting those instructions can be very difficult.

It's challenging enough to plan for retirement, but if you're a small business owner, it can be particularly complex. Here are answers to three of the most common questions small business owners have about their financial planning. 1.) Should I save inside or outside my business?

More and more children have life-threatening food allergies. For these kids, smelling, eating or touching an allergy-causing food can trigger an allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis.

One more hit from Mother Nature and it's over. That's how lifelong Richmond farmer Bill Zylmans described the precarious prospects for his potato harvest this year.

Next week Shaelyn Martin celebrates her first birthday. There is not going to be a house full of partygoers standing by as she tears up giftwrap, and there won't be a trip to the water park with the neighbourhood kids. There will be, however, a celebration of different sorts.

A dangerous repeat offender who was on the run from police has turned himself in. David Singh Grewal failed to appear at court earlier this month to face charges of assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, uttering threats, and obstruction of justice.

A new home for people suffering from mental illness has opened in Richmond. The six-bed Horizon House opened its doors officially last week in the heart of a yet-to-be disclosed residential neighbourhood in the north east area of the city.

If your children are going to a new school, check with the school to see what information or identification will be required on registration day. - Confirm what time school starts on the first day.

With the beginning of the new school year Tuesday, Richmond parents have a new choice for their young children. The newly built Alderwood House School at 12151 Shell Rd., a private school catering to children ages 18 months to six years, opens its doors Sept. 8.

The crime rate in Richmond has continued its significant slide downward for the fourth year in a row.

They went face to face with the country's best beauty and brains -- and they almost captured the crown and a $5,000 scholarship. Richmond teenagers Corryn Ginter and Jessica Madrid-Avilez made it into the final and semifinal respectively of the Top Teen of Canada competition.

Aaron Chan, 25, had many friends. Everywhere he went he drew people in. One of his best friends, Roger Sheung, said no matter where Chan went he exuded a friendly and excepting attitude.