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 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.
Richmond Hill councillors supported growth in two locations, opposed it in another and spent much of the July 8 meeting debating whether the city is moving quickly—or thoughtfully—enough on pickleball.
Ontario is tightening parts of its driver’s licence system. But beyond paperwork and eligibility, the bigger question remains: are drivers being trained and tested well enough before they are allowed onto real roads?
By Staff Writer Richmond Hill soccer fans will have another reason to gather downtown this weekend as Canada prepares to face Morocco in the Round…
Richmond Hill’s Denis Shapovalov is out of Wimbledon after retiring from his first-round match with a shoulder injury. The Canadian was trailing Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 7-6 (7) when the match ended.
Work has started at Unity Park on Pugsley Avenue. Richmond Hill says the park will be rebuilt with new playground equipment, lighting, seating, walkways, gardens and shade structures — and will also become home to the permanent PS752 Memorial honouring the 176 victims of Flight PS752. Completion is expected by December 2026, weather permitting.
This was a short meeting, but not an empty one. Council moved quickly through routine business, protected two historic church properties, kept stained glass windows within the heritage designations, and approved a new library agreement meant to balance public funding, accountability, and library independence.
A 70-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the fatal Richmond Hill daycare crash that killed a toddler and injured children and staff last year. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 8.
Council was in a pickle on June 17. Richmond Hill spent much of the meeting debating where and how to add more pickleball courts, from parks and tennis courts to arenas and GO parking lots. Later, Council turned to another big item: a proposed 50 per cent cut to residential development charges for three years.