Ontario is spending millions to protect daycares from vehicles after the crash that killed Liam Riazati. Those barriers can save lives. But the tragedy raises a deeper question for Richmond Hill: Why does even a simple trip to pick up a grandchild so often require a car?
Adding lanes may make Bathurst wider, noisier and harder to cross without producing a meaningful improvement in travel times.
A regional review has not identified a feasible permanent solution for the missing sidewalk between Silver Maple Road and Old Colony Road. Temporary safety measures are now being considered.
Questionable political spending deserves serious scrutiny. But saying “all politicians are corrupt” replaces evidence and accountability with the belief that nothing can ever improve.
A First Letter Dear Richmond Hill, This is my first letter to you, so perhaps I should begin by introducing myself, even though, after more…
Richmond Hill’s remaining summer music lineup includes free concerts at Mill Pond and Lake Wilcox, performances outside the theatre and a classical guitar afternoon at the Oak Ridges Library.
Bathurst Street is being widened from four lanes to six between Highway 7 and Major Mackenzie Drive. The additional Transit/HOV lanes make it more promising than a conventional road expansion, but its value will depend on transit service, safety, surrounding development and whether congestion relief lasts.
Crews have completed the launch shaft for the Yonge North Subway Extension south of Highway 407. The tunnel-boring machines are expected to begin the next major phase of construction, with the extension tentatively anticipated to open in the early 2030s.
Richmond Hill’s Hill Potters Guild is attracting attention far beyond the city after launching an unconventional OnlyFans campaign. Despite the platform’s reputation, the guild says its content is about clay, creativity and encouraging a new generation to try pottery.
Richmond Hill’s Retro Ribfest offers three days of food, music and family entertainment—but could more of the festival’s vendors and identity come from Richmond Hill itself?
Richmond Hill Council voted 8–1 against matching York Region’s 40-year development-charge deferral for new rental buildings, after an extended debate over whether the incentive would unlock housing or leave taxpayers financing growth.
Richmond Hill has broken ground on Dave Barrow Civic Square, a new year-round gathering place beside the Central Library featuring a stage, skating rink, event plaza, trails and natural areas.
The strongest argument for walkable streets, gentle density and safer local trips is not lifestyle. It is financial reality. A city where almost every daily errand requires a car may feel normal, but normal does not mean affordable.
The new fashion store brings several familiar brands together and restores activity to the mall’s former department-store anchor. By Staff Writer One of Hillcrest Mall’s…
A Richmond Hill man faces voyeurism and criminal-harassment charges after police allege he followed women inside a local store and appeared to film underneath one woman’s skirt.