Laura Gillanders

09/02/2025

08/13/2025

The City of Richmond is looking to have built over 200 rental units on city owned land. This is what our city needs as we have historically only been building 2-7% rental when we need 25-30% at least. The City wants community input and we will determine what range of income levels best suits Richmond needs from deeply affordable to affordable, to lower end market rental, etc. Richmond workers from teachers to educational assistants, office and retail workers and more need affordable places to live.

This is the type of project that I see all politicians campaigning on regardless of partisan affiliations. Due to the proximity of the site being adjacent to a different parcel that was being considered for supportive housing, some people in the community have concerns that this rental project is somehow related. We need leaders on all levels to hear people and explain the facts and truth. The proposed rental project is like the affordable LEMR housing we have in every single condo project in the city through our inclusionary zoning, or any other BC Or Metro Vancouver housing family rental housing project we have throughout the city.

08/04/2025

Wishing everyone a peaceful and rejuvenating BC Day!

From the Cariboo to Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, Okanagan, Kootenays, North Coast, Peace Region, to right here in . Whether you're riding a bike in the neighborhood, camping, spending time with friends and family, or pruning your roses, I hope you have a great day.

08/04/2025

This year's Pride Week wraps up with just one more sold out event on Tuesday Aug 5. Anyone wanting to learn more about Richmond and Pride can visit richmond.ca/PrideWeek.

06/23/2025

Today we celebrate the tremendous achievements of the artists and seniors with the 2025 Faces of Richmond - 'the art of wisdom' portrait display of seniors in our community.

06/22/2025

June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. Today I reinforce the The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Calls to Action, focused on implementing measures to address injustices and promote respect. 

06/06/2025

The new Fishers Walk experience in Steveston is now OPEN! Well done Tourism Richmond, it's been amazing to watch the journey of this unfold into such a vibrant and creative display.

05/06/2025

Red Dress Day, observed annually on May 5th, is a National Day of Awareness and Remembrance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S). Red is worn to honor the lives of those who have been lost and to raise awareness about the ongoing crisis of violence against Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people in Canada. 

05/04/2025

There is a vigil ceremony being held today at the Richmond Cultural Centre plaza at 2pm. 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond BC.

05/02/2025

Today is the provincial day of mourning for the lives lost and those forever impacted by the tragic attack at the Lapu Lapu festival. Like many of you, I have been deeply affected by this unthinkable loss and have been processing it all week and unable to post anything. To all of my friends, coworkers, colleagues , acquaintances, past and present relations in the Filipino community, words can't express my grief, sorrow, love and support.

The Province of British Columbia has declared Friday, May 2, 2025, an official day of remembrance and mourning for the victims of the tragedy at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver on April 26, 2025.  

02/27/2025

The Gateway Theatre in is hosting a 40th Anniversary fundraising GALA on March 8! It's coming up fast so please buy your tickets now. We are very lucky to have this high caliber talent in our city and it's so important to . We always expect the arts to be there for us and they always are, but it needs support.

https://www.gatewaytheatre.com/events/40th-anniversary-gal/

01/29/2025

Happy New Year