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GRAEME WOOD / RICHMOND NEWS  OCTOBER 9, 2015 11:49 AM Let’s celebrate! At last month’s public hearing into the size of new homes, the people’s win was only partial, but their spirit was magnificent. Most residents at the meeting wanted greater restrictions on home sizes. There was success in getting a

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Developer fees set to double for some housing projects GRAEME WOOD / RICHMOND NEWS  SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 05:24 PM Richmond city council passed two measures Monday night aimed at increasing affordable housing in the city. Developers building single-family homes on recently subdivided lots and new townhouses will be asked to pay

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Grand one-storey ceilings stay in Richmond while home heights reduced back to nine metres RICHMOND NEWS  SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 05:37 PM New residential zoning bylaw amendments to address the size of homes officially passed Monday evening at a Richmond city council meeting. Councillors Carol Day and Harold Steves voted against

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Emotional meeting results in lower home heights while grand single-storey ceilings are maintained GRAEME WOOD / RICHMOND NEWS  SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 05:40 PM A marathon, six-hour public hearing on residential bylaw amendments to address the size of new homes resulted in a new, nine-metre height limit for all homes. But critics

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With a family of doctors soon to be priced out of the local housing market, the News examines the balance between neighbourhood specific homes and market forces GRAEME WOOD / RICHMOND NEWS 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 01:46 PM As residents and local politicians prepare for a public hearing Tuesday about the size

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JIM WRIGHT / RICHMOND NEWS 
AUGUST 12, 2015 12:33 PM There’s a quick way to assess council action on development. Just ask, “Does it help Richmond to be the Garden City?” Yes = Pass. No = Fail. The “half-assed house bylaw” fails. That nickname (from Coun. Carol Day) refers to

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by  Matthew Hoekstra – Richmond Review posted Feb 13, 2015 at 4:00 PM Elected officials at Richmond City Hall lobbed more criticism at Port Metro Vancouver this week as the prospect of preserving farmland grows increasingly bleak. “They’re the biggest threat to farmland, not just in Richmond, but everywhere else,” said Coun. Carol Day

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by  Matthew Hoekstra – Richmond Review posted Jan 20, 2015 at 10:00 AM — updated Jan 20, 2015 at 4:57 PM Richmond council is backing a call for a wider assessment of environmental risks from port expansion at Roberts Bank, with one veteran councillor saying “it’s time to take a stand.” Coun. Harold Steves said Monday that Port

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GRAEME WOOD / RICHMOND NEWS 
 JANUARY 2, 2015 07:30 AM Here are my choices for the top Richmond newsmakers of 2014: 1. Glyn Davies (the teacher) – In October Davies picked up a Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and prior to that, in February, his Grade 7 class was a

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Carol Day along with NDP MLA Jenny Kwan spoke to a special interest group regarding the Chinese apology for past wrong doings by the provincial government. “We need to learn from the past and move forward with a better understanding of other cultures”.. ” This is no time to finger

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