His team are working with new underwater and on-shore seismic instruments to measure the plate's interaction with the mantle, and monitor quake and volcanic activity at the trench off the coast where the Juan de Fuca plate subducts under the North American plate.If everyone ups their average speed from 2.5mph to 3.5mph, the death toll drops to 15,970.Currently, London Heritage Farm, the Gulf of Georgia Cannery and the Britannia Shipyard National Historic Site in Steveston highlight these parts of Richmond's diverse history.

On December 3, 1990, Richmond was designated as a City.

Across the country in the month of June, Metro Vancouver saw the greatest gain at 1.5 per cent overall. Last August, the previous Liberal government introduced a 15 per cent tax on foreign home buyers in Metro Vancouver.