Four-storey apartment buildings could replace houses on more Vancouver side streets; B.C. building code changes allow for more secondary suites, energy efficiency; Vancouver's empty homes tax boosts city coffers by almost $40M; and more news:

Four-storey apartment buildings could replace houses on more Vancouver side streets (Vancouver Sun)

B.C. building code changes allow for more secondary suites, energy efficiency (Vancouver Sun)

Vancouver's empty homes tax boosts city coffers by almost $40M (CBC News)

Province staying out of transit dispute as full-scale strike looms (CBC News)

Eight strategies for renters to defend against unfair renovictions (Vancouver Sun)

Details of Vancouver's plastic straw and shopping bag ban released (CBC News)

Metro Vancouver transit users told 10 per cent of bus system could be affected Friday (CBC News)

Barbershops experience mini-boom in downtown Vancouver (Vancouver Sun)

Vancouver gelato shop sets world record for most flavours (CBC News)

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