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Photo Shutterstock The Regional Animal Protection Society (RAPS) and Pets OK BC are calling on the province to end "no pets" policies that pose challenges for renters in a market with a vacancy rate that is less than one per cent.

Mandalena Lewis, a former WestJet flight attendant, outside Vancouver International Airport on July 6.

Mayor Gregor Robertson helped mark the opening of the first phase of the Fraserview Housing Co-operative on East Kent Avenue in River District on July 9. Rents for the 90 units in this phase will be between $2,050 and $2,750.

This Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 photo shows hemp plants in a field at the University of Virginia Wise in Wise, Virginia.

File photo Aritzia Inc. says it recorded its 15th consecutive quarter of comparable sales growth after it jumped nearly 11 per cent in its most recent quarter. The Vancouver-based clothing retailer says comparable sales rose 10.

Construction on new pipeline scheduled to begin in North Thompson region in September.

Delta police and Burnaby RCMP combined forces in March 2016 as officers discovered a major drug operation where fentanyl was being mixed with other substances to make it look like heroin.

New rules to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises have come into effect in Canada, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it is in the process of ensuring more officers and patrol vessels are available to enforce them.

Photograph By FILE Police are investigating shots fired near the Burnaby-Vancouver border early Wednesday morning. Burnaby RCMP say they got multiple calls from the 5200 block of Smith Avenue just before 4 a.m.

Lindsay William-Ross/Vancouver Is Awesome “It belongs in a museum!” That’s one of Indiana Jones’ most famous lines.