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Richmond School District reported 241 fewer full-time-equivalent students in kindergarten to Grade 12 as of Sept. 30, a 1.1 per cent decline. International enrolment also fell, while the district says its budget impact will be clearer after a provincial funding announcement expected around mid-December.
B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson says his party would build a 10-lane bridge to replace the George Massey Tunnel if it forms government after the Oct. 24 election. The replacement plan has shifted between a bridge and an immersed-tube tunnel under successive governments.
Baan Lao Fine Thai Cuisine in Richmond, B.C., has become the first Canadian establishment named North America’s Best Restaurant by the World Culinary Awards. It also earned the top Canadian restaurant title for a third consecutive year.
The Steveston Scarecrow Crawl returns to downtown Steveston for October, with Halloween characters displayed in front of and sometimes inside local businesses. The displays are expected to grow through the month, and visitors can also stop at the village’s shops, cafés, museums and restaurants.
Richmond plans to expropriate the five-acre property housing Watermania as its 25-year lease approaches expiry in May 2027. The owner’s counsel has requested an inquiry, scheduled for early November.
Richmond and the Royal Canadian Legion’s Richmond Branch 291 have selected 114 veterans for individual banners installed in the City Centre area. The display runs until Dec. 1, 2026, and recognizes people who served in the Canadian Armed Forces or RCMP and lived in Richmond.
Richmond recorded 17,646 voters over five advance voting days for its municipal election, a 141 per cent increase from 2022. Eligible residents can still vote on Oct. 17, when voters will choose a mayor, eight councillors and seven school trustees.
BC Hydro has scheduled three outages this week, while paving, utility, sewer, watermain and other construction work will bring traffic delays and lane restrictions across Richmond through late October and beyond.
A total of 17,464 voters cast ballots over Richmond’s five advance voting days for the 2026 local and school election, a 141 per cent increase from the 7,247 advance voters in 2022. General Voting Day is Oct. 17, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Columnist De Whalen says about 30 per cent of seniors are renters. Ahead of the provincial election, she outlines measures she wants the next government to consider, from affordable housing and rent supports to home care and income supplements.
Five mayoral candidates discussed community safety, the overdose crisis, supervised consumption sites, cannabis retailers and school SOGI policy. Online mayoral and councillor debates are available to help Richmond voters assess the candidates before casting a ballot.
Twenty-nine candidates took part in a Richmond council debate ahead of the Oct. 17, 2026, election, discussing housing, food security, climate resilience, community spaces, care, safety and homelessness.
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