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On Tuesday evening, former president Barack Obama told some 3,500 business and community leaders gathered in Vancouver that the U.S.-Canada relationship should not be taken for granted.

"Cat furniture helps cats be happy." Vancouver-based Tuft + Paw's selection of kitty beds, perches, and posts showcase ways to keep felines purring.

The much-loved sequoia tree that stood on West 41st Avenue adjacent to the Shoppers Drug Mart in Kerrisdale for almost 90 years was removed March 3, but will eventually find a new life as benches placed along the Arbutus Greenway.

The Vancouver Aquarium is currently rehabilitating a one-year-old harbour seal after it was seriously injured and potentially blinded by a birdshot.

As the call grows for a public inquiry into money laundering in British Columbia, the collapse of the criminal case against Silver International struck at the heart of the struggle for policy-makers and law enforcement to tackle a problem of virtually unknowable size and scope.

The message from the PNE board of directors Monday night was clear — Hastings Park and the PNE are not on the table as a possible future location for the annual 4/20 pot protest.

The last row of “mom and pop” shops along Vancouver’s famous Robson Street will be closing its doors this summer, and in doing so, will mark the end of an independent retail era.

The Vancouver weather forecast included a great deal of sunshine this past week. However, things will take a decidedly damp turn tomorrow.

The folks at Canadian Memorial United Church are turning this week’s Ash Wednesday into a decidedly convenient affair that combines blessings, rituals and prayer in the span of five minutes or less.

Two police officers were critically injured in a hit-and-run in South Burnaby Monday morning.