Maria Rantanen
Richmond farmland owners want properties out of ALR
Council has previously refused to allow three properties in east Richmond to be pulled out of the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), but the owners are giving it another go. The three exclusion...
Richmond private school proposal on ALR rebuffed
Construction of a private school on 10 acres in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) was rejected by Richmond council’s planning committee but will still be debated at council. The proposal was to...
Construction company pulls out of Alfa condo project
Citing financial uncertainty, Scott Construction ended its contract to build the project on Buswell and Anderson in Richmond
Richmond council expresses frustration with pipeline, but votes in favour
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie told an audience member at Monday’s council meeting to put down his phone and listen to council. While it wasn’t necessarily breaking a fourth wall in a theatre...
Richmond council set to give right-of-way to jet fuel pipeline
A slim majority of council supported giving VAFFC access to build a new pipeline at Monday's committee meeting
Larger home in Richmond farmland rejected
A proposal for a 500-square-metre home in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) was rejected by Richmond’s planning committee on Wednesday in a 4-1 decision. Only Coun. Alexa Loo was in favour of...
Richmond mall to transform into 'village'
Shape Properties hopes to have shovels in the ground by early 2020 at Richmond Centre to start transforming it into a high-density, transit-oriented neighbourhood with homes, shops and...
Richmond council rejects further push for empty-homes tax
Richmond city council is not pushing for an extra empty-homes tax, but they are going to ask the province to return the tax it collects on vacant homes to municipalities. Coun. Kelly Greene brought...