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Tourism Richmond has been recognized for excellence by the BC tourism industry.

Richmond’s Gateway Theatre will soon be under new leadership.

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The Developmental Disabilities Association (DDA) helps educate people about the needs of those with developmental disabilities in an effort to help end the stigma.

Two Whitefish men facing numerous firearms offences have pleaded not guilty and their trials are set. Henry Ratt, 23, and Larry Durocher, 36, were arrested Oct. 19, 2019, by Big River RCMP after trying to evade police.

A third bail hearing is scheduled in Saskatoon Provincial Court for a Loon Lake man charged with numerous child luring offences.

TORONTO — A Canada-wide criminal warrant for alleged child abduction has been issued for a father who has flouted court orders to return his son to Alberta from overseas, police confirmed Tuesday.

On Saturday, dozens of U-Haul trucks and cars drove down Erie Shore Drive, in single file, as homeowners constructed the final reinforcements for their homes and packed up their most important belongings.

A man wanted in connection with a shooting west of Meadow Lake on Nov. 23, 2019, was arrested and is being held in custody.

A woman armed with a machete, who tried to run over an RCMP officer with an SUV, remains in custody pending a bail hearing. Jolene Nicole Sinclair, 35, appeared in Meadow Lake ProvincialCourt Jan. 20 with her co-accused Stephane Joseph Leclerc, 50.

“A seven-year-old tried to commit suicide in our community two months ago,” said Philip Chief, director of operations, Onion Lake Cree Nation (OLCN). “There are a lot of young people that see no hope.