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• Coming to #LynnCanyon today? It’s a busy one! With 106 years of faithful service so far, it’s safe to say the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-08-2018 23:45 via twitter.com
  Coming to #LynnCanyon today? It’s a busy one! With 106 years of faithful service so far, it’s safe to say the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C. Wildfires 2018: Winds kick up fire activity in B.C.'s Southern Interior

  04-08-2018 22:47 via vancouversun.com
  High winds overnight stoked a massive wildfire burning near Keremeos and Cawston in B.C.’s Southern Interior.
  The B.C. Wildfire Service said Saturday that the 10,911-hectare Snowy Mountain wildfire showed aggressive fire behaviour on Friday night.
  An evacuation order has been issued for three properties, according to the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. Those staying at the Cathedral Lakes Lodge have also been ordered to leave, while hundreds of properties remain on evacuation al
  
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• Today in #LynnCanyon Park, we’ve got more cars and people than trees! Please, help us keep the park safe and enjoya… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-08-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  Today in #LynnCanyon Park, we’ve got more cars and people than trees! Please, help us keep the park safe and enjoya… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The NEW ⚓ Shipped Waterfront Festival ⚓ happening August 11 in #NorthVan. The music line-up is 🔥 + DJs + Family Zon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-08-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  The NEW ⚓ Shipped Waterfront Festival ⚓ happening August 11 in #NorthVan. The music line-up is 🔥 + DJs + Family Zon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Williams Creek, Dominion Day and Barnard's Express

  04-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ten things you might not know about Barkerville:
  • Billy Barker made his strike on Williams Creek, a four-kilometre-long body that has produced an astonishing amount of gold. “By linear foot Williams Creek is the richest gold-bearing creek in the world in history, to this day,” says Andrew Hamilton, who plays Billy Barker in the Barkerville Historic Town. Five million ounces of gold are believed to have come out of the Cariboo, which would be worth $8 billion today.
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• The great B.C. drive — mountains, valleys and Barkerville

  04-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Barkerville is 800 kilometres from Vancouver by car. It’s a long drive — nine to 10 hours, depending on how many stops you make — but well worth it, because it takes you through some breathtaking scenery.
  “If you go through the canyon, it really gives you a snapshot of everything B.C. has to offer with regards to geography — you go through desert and mountains and valleys,” explains James Douglas, Barkerville’s manager of visitor experiences and public r
  
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• Style Q&A: Laurence & Chico Café mixes fashion, the fantastic in Vancouver

  04-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  This is not your average clothing store. Nor is it a run-of-the-mill restaurant.
  Rather, womenswear designers Laurence Li and Chico Wang have created a “concept space” that merges their couture creations with more attainable items, food and drink, at the Laurence & Chico Café.
  The designers chatted about the surreal space, which is at 833 Bute St. in Vancouver, what makes it unique and what they hope visitors take away from it:
  Q: For those who aren’t famil
  
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• Makeover: It's time to change things up

  04-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Loree Gregg is a 62-year-old retiree and was ready to change things up and explore a new look.
  Loree has thick and naturally curly hair. She wanted to brighten her colour and needed advice on a hairstyle that would suit her face shape and hair texture. To brighten up her natural colour, I applied both weave and slice foil highlights throughout her hair to create dimension. I applied a colour refinement in a cool icy-blond tonality to enhance the natural silver in her hair.
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• Barkerville: Gold-rush relic to cultural icon

  04-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  There is a lot of depth to Barkerville, the Cariboo gold-rush town that sprang up alongside Williams Creek in the 1860s.
  Literally.
  Floods were a constant threat to the town in its early days, when thousands of miners would dig up gravel and earth in their quest for gold, producing tailings that would wash down the valley.
  As a result, residents had to keep raising buildings to stay on top of the ever-changing ground.
  “Some buildings were jacked up a total of 16 feet during a single mining
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny and warm long weekend

  04-08-2018 18:26 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – It looks like the weather will be perfect — sunny but not too hot — for all the events happening around Metro Vancouver this long weekend, including the massive fireworks display tonight and the Pride Parade Sunday. Environment Canada says Saturday will be mainly sunny, with a high of 23 C and  26 C inland. Sunday and Monday look slightly warmer, with highs of 24 C by the water and 28 C on both days.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly sunny. High
  
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• Get the kids out this weekend and explore the City with our #KidCityMap. There's puzzles to solve, things to spot &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-08-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  Get the kids out this weekend and explore the City with our #KidCityMap. There's puzzles to solve, things to spot &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The Home Front: Keeping cool with summer textiles

  04-08-2018 15:17 via vancouversun.com
  Often in home design, small changes can make a big difference, and when it comes to keeping cool this summer, there is no easier place to start than with your bedding, say Jeff Rothman of Vancouver’s Rothman & Co, and Joanna Goodman, owner of Toronto’s Au Lit Fine Linens.
  “We live in a really really cold climate,” says Goodman, “but our summers are really hot, so a lot of people have really big puffy duvets and that is the biggest killer when it turns to su
  
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• Sold (Bought): Coal Harbour home boasts stunning views

  04-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
   
  Natural Italian Pietra Grigio limestone floors flow throughout the interior while overheight ceilings allow expansive windows to exhibit picture postcard vistas that span Vancouver’s landscaped beauty.
  1103 – 1790 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver
  Type: Two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment
  Size: 1,553 sq.ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $2,002,000
  Listed for: $2,880,000
  Sold for: $2,835,000
  Sold on: March 2
  Days on marke
  
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• SoHo complex located in southeast Kelowna, about a 10-minute drive from the city centre

  04-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  While Kelowna’s downtown real estate market has been experiencing double digit price increases over the last two years, first-time buyers can still get decently priced homes while enjoying the Okanagan city’s resort-like amenities if they go outside the city’s core.
  One such affordable development is SoHo, an 88-unit five-storey complex located in southeast Kelowna, about a 10-minute drive from the city centre.  Now in pre-sales, its prices start at $159,900 for a studio u
  
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• Hunter at Lynn Creek: Close proximity to shops, walking and biking trails

  04-08-2018 14:45 via vancouversun.com
  For real estate agent Jim Lanctot, buying a one-bedroom suite in Hunter on Lynn Creek seemed a no brainer, and a simple way of planning ahead for his two young daughters.
  “My kids are not going to want to live up here in Lynn Valley with me and the old fuddy-duddies,” he says referring to Lynn Valley about three kilometres north of the 326-suite two-tower development which will overlook Lynn Creek near the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. “They would rather live in Lynn Creek.&rdqu
  
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• This Week in History: 1889 The only B.C. premier with four names dies

  04-08-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia has had three premiers who died in office. Oddly, they all died in a five-year period, one after the other.
  William Smithe died March 29, 1887. He was succeeded by Alexander Davie, who died Aug. 1, 1889. Davie was succeeded by John Robson, who died June 29, 1892.
  Smithe was B.C.’s 7th premier, Davie the 8th and Robson the 9th. Smithe and Davie were relatively young — Smithe was 44 when he died, Davie 41 — while Robson lived until he was 68.
  Smithe died of nephr
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Final defendant pleads guilty in heli-smuggling case

  04-08-2018 08:20 via vancouversun.com
  It has been years since I first reported on the helicopter drug smuggling charges laid against Colin Martin, Sean Doak and other B.C. men.
  Now the last of the defendants who was still before the courts, James Cameron, has pleaded guilty in Seattle. He will be sentenced in the fall.
  Here’s my story:B.C. man pleads guilty in helicopter drug-smuggling
  case
  KIM BOLAN
  Updated: August 2, 2018
  A B.C. man who fought extradition to the U.S. for years has now pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribu
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Convicted killer tried to blame LeClair

  04-08-2018 08:19 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey man convicted in a crack shack murder dating back to 2006 tried to blame the crime on the late gangster Kevin LeClair.
  But the B.C. Court of Appeal wasn’t buying the arguments made on behalf of Khalid Damien Arnaout and his second-degree murder conviction was upheld.
  Here’s my story:Surrey crack shack killer loses appeal of murder
  conviction
  KIM BOLAN
  Updated: August 2, 2018A man convicted of murder in a 2006 baseball bat beating death at a Surrey crack shack has lost h
  
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• Lucha Libre Spectacular slams into Vancouver

  04-08-2018 07:44 via vancouversun.com
  Lucha Libre Spectacular
  When: Aug. 11, gates open at 2 p.m. 
  Where: The Waldorf Hotel, 1489 East Hastings
  Tickets and info: From $20 at eventbrite.caIn 2010, filmmaker Kate Kroll made the documentary No Fun City about Vancouver’s music scene and the loss of performance venues. In 2018, Calamity Kate takes on some serious opponents at the first Lucha Libre Spectacular.
  This woman is doing her part to keep the fun flying.
  Working with local luchador (wrestler) Kobra Kai and Mercury
  
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• 2018 Vancouver Mural Fest paints an even wider swath

  04-08-2018 07:30 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Mural Festival
  When: Aug. 6-11, various times
  Where: Mount Pleasant and East Vancouver, Jonathan Rogers Park more
  Tickets and info: vanmuralfest.va Vancouver Mural Festival executive director David Vertesi laughs when questioned about the ever-expanding nature of the event. Vertesi and the crack team at Create Vancouver Society, the registered non-profit behind the event, have built the largest public-art exhibition in the city.
  Their gallery space is all around us in the Mount Pl
  
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• Showtime! #CivicPlaza #Coco I❤️City of #NorthVan https://t.co/9UyjAEbyLl

  04-08-2018 06:02 via twitter.com
  
  Showtime! #CivicPlaza#Coco I❤️City of #NorthVan https://t.co/9UyjAEbyLl
  
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• Book review: It All Falls Down by Sheena Kamal

  04-08-2018 05:49 via vancouversun.com
  It All Falls Down
  By Sheena Kamal
  Harper Collins CanadaVancouver author Sheena Kamal is back with another entertaining read centred around the character Nora Watts.
  In her debut novel The Lost Ones, Kamal knit together a dark, twisted tale highlighting addiction, corruption and abduction centred around Watts, her daughter Bonnie and a troubled private investigator named Jon Brazuca.
  The moral of that story was trouble seems to find Watts, no matter what she does.
  That theme continues with Kamal&
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Murder charge stayed — serious allegations of police and prosecutorial misconduct

  04-08-2018 05:29 via vancouversun.com
  A stay of proceedings in a first-degree murder case arose in circumstances of alleged police perjury and the possible destruction of evidence reputedly involving a senior RCMP officer, the deputy regional Crown attorney in Nanaimo and a court services employee related to the victim.
  B.C. Supreme Court Justice Robert Thompson, sitting in Nanaimo on Friday, refused to issue a broad publication ban and released documents connected to the June 13 stay of proceedings against Larry Darling, 54. D
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP police boat is out on the local waters this weekend! Be smart, safe & sober! twitter.com/bcrcmp/status/…

  04-08-2018 05:10 via twitter.com
  North Vancouver RCMP police boat is out on the local waters this weekend! Be smart, safe & sober! twitter.com/bcrcmp/status/…
  
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• Paul Gravett: Vancouver’s heritage rooted in our waterfront

  04-08-2018 04:42 via vancouversun.com
  This weekend we will be observing B.C. Day, which offers a natural opportunity to celebrate our unique heritage.
  Modern-day Vancouver is relatively young. But thousands of years into the past, and continuing through to the late 1800s, when European settlement of Vancouver began in earnest, the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh inhabited this area. Our city enjoys a rich legacy because it reflects a deep cultural heritage that continues to link our lives with the region’s earliest origi
  
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• Fraser River sockeye salmon fishing bonanza to start next week

  04-08-2018 04:05 via vancouversun.com
  The Fraser River will open next week for its first sockeye salmon run of the season, in a year that is expected to bring in millions of fish for the first time in four years. For local fishermen, it’s better than Christmas.
  “Oh, we’re super excited,” said Richmond fisherman Roy Jantunen, hours after learning the Pacific Salmon Commission had announced a 24-hour opening from 7 a.m. Wednesday.
  Jantunen is preparing to go flat out for that full day, without any sleep, to max
  
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• Telus and partner sell telecom's new Vancouver headquarters

  04-08-2018 04:04 via vancouversun.com
  Telus Corp. is selling its new Vancouver headquarters building, the company announced Friday, and the deal was likely the result of an unsolicited offer that was too good for it and its joint-venture partner in the development to refuse.
  Telus said in a statement about its second-quarter financial results, released Friday, that the joint venture “accepted an offer” to sell the property, but did not name the buyer or indicate the sale price.
  The company did not respond to questions ab
  
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• Just cuz our Coco movie doesn’t start for a little while, doesn’t meant there isn’t plenty of fun and stuff to do t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-08-2018 03:52 via twitter.com
  Just cuz our Coco movie doesn’t start for a little while, doesn’t meant there isn’t plenty of fun and stuff to do t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Johnny Football, all-stars, betting draw extra interest

  04-08-2018 03:05 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  The curiosity and hype around Johnny Manziel continued to move the needle on CFL fan and media interest — on both sides of the border — especially after he was named to start Friday in Montreal as the Alouettes hosted his former team, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  Despite the four first-half interceptions and train wreck start in Manziel’s first regular-season action, it’s a game that should not only record among the biggest audiences of the season on TSN and
  
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• Abbotsford barn fire believed to be arson, woman arrested: Police

  04-08-2018 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  Abbotsford police believe a barn fire that forced the closure of Vye Road on Friday was arson.
  Vye Road reopened Friday evening after it was shut down by police earlier in the day, while crews battled a large barn fire near the Sumas border crossing.
  The fire, which took several more hours to manage than crews initially anticipated, is now under control.
  One woman has been taken into custody and is believed to have caused the fire, police said.
  Police arrived at the scene of shortly before 10 a.
  
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• Kip Woodward: Heath care spending benefits patients and communities

  04-08-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The delivery of quality health care and ensuring residents have access to health services is the primary purpose and function of Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). That is pretty obvious, and we’re proud of our ability and dedication and innovation in delivering on our mandate.
  But in this era of trade wars, rising tariffs, and closing markets, there is a secondary and generally unseen and unremarked-upon aspect of VCH’s provision of health care that deserves consideration. That’s
  
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• Justin Trudeau to visit Richmond Night Market Saturday; will he march in Pride Parade?

  04-08-2018 02:10 via vancouversun.com
  You can find all sorts of things at the Richmond Night Market: cheap electronics, plush video game characters, bubble tea — even the prime minister of Canada.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be making an appearance in Richmond this weekend, stopping by the popular annual summer night market for the first time to help celebrate the B.C. Day long weekend.
  According to a news release, Trudeau will be walking the fairgrounds on Saturday evening, sampling the Night Market’s broad
  
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• #MovieNight fun starts @ 6pm. Arrive early for bike rodeo skills course 🚴🛴, enjoy the Community Toy Box and piano 🎼… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-08-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
  #MovieNight fun starts @ 6pm. Arrive early for bike rodeo skills course 🚴🛴, enjoy the Community Toy Box and piano 🎼… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cultus Lake Park bans fires, barbecues, gas-fuelled cooking appliances

  04-08-2018 01:34 via vancouversun.com
  Citing extreme weather conditions, Cultus Lake Park has banned all fires, barbecues and the use of gas-fuelled cooking appliances in public areas of the park.
  “It is in the best interest of the residents and visitors to Cultus Lake Park to ban fires, all barbecues and the use of gas-fuelled cooking appliances in all public areas,” said Cultus Lake fire chief Warren Mazuren.
  Areas affected are all public areas including: Main Beach; Birch Street Park; Oak Street Park; Westside pu
  
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• Reminder: City Hall will be closed Monday, August 6 for the BC Day long weekend. We're back on Tuesday, and always… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-08-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Reminder: City Hall will be closed Monday, August 6 for the BC Day long weekend. We're back on Tuesday, and always… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Salmon farm granted injunction against activists

  04-08-2018 01:16 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. Supreme Court justice has granted an aquaculture firm an injunction against activists, but will allow one who is a marine biologist to continue collecting water samples within a buffer zone outside its salmon farms.
  Marine Harvest Canada was on Thursday granted an injunction that blocks activists from occupying its buildings on Swanson Island, located east of Port McNeill, and from boarding any of its farms and docks along Vancouver Island and B.C.’s coast. The injunction also
  
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• Man who murdered amputee should get 12 years with no parole: Crown

  04-08-2018 00:56 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver man who used a rock to murder a vulnerable, wheelchair-bound man should spend 12 years behind bars before he can apply for parole, a prosecutor argued Friday.
  In December, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper found Aaron Dale Power, 42, guilty of the April 2009 second-degree murder of Michael Nestoruk, who was 42 when he died.
  The trial heard that at the age of 15, Nestoruk had fallen off a school roof and had multiple surgeries and, ultimately, amputation of one leg above the k
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Project Engineer, Building Connectivity and Performance. Click here to ap… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-08-2018 00:36 via twitter.com
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• All Vancouver beaches reopened for swimming in time for long weekend

  04-08-2018 00:32 via vancouversun.com
  Three popular Vancouver beaches are have been reopened to swimmers, just days after being deemed unsafe due high levels of E. coli bacteria.
  The Vancouver Coastal Health will close beaches to swimmers if the E. coli levels surpass 200 per 100 millilitres of water
  On Friday, VCH notified the city of Vancouver that E. coli levels had dropped to acceptable levels at Sunset Beach, Kitsilano Beach and Kits Point.
  The beaches at Whytecliff, Ambleside and Sandy Cove in West Vancouver have als
  
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• U.S. and Canadian experts weigh options to save ailing orca

  04-08-2018 00:30 via vancouversun.com
  SEATTLE — U.S. and Canadian experts are weighing a range of emergency options to save an emaciated orca including possibly feeding it live salmon at sea dosed with medication.
  Whale researchers are worried about the survival of the four-year-old female orca known as J50, a member of the dwindling population of southern resident killer whales that spends summer months in the inland waters of Washington and British Columbia.
  Another female orca from the group of just 75 animals, known as J35
  
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• B.C. securities regulator alleges $5-million fraudulent investment scheme

  04-08-2018 00:29 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Securities Commission has accused three B.C. men of perpetrating a $5 million fraudulent investment scheme.
  The unproven allegations will be tested in a tribunal hearing for which a date has not been set.
  The allegations involve Todd Norman John Bezzasso, Wei Kai Liao (also known as Kevin Liao), Fiorino Corsi, Bezzaz Holding Group Ltd. and Nexus Global Trading Ltd. The men are all B.C. residents.
  The BCSC’s executive director Peter Brady alleges in a notice of hearing that between
  
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• 46-unit modular apartment planned for Chilliwack homeless

  04-08-2018 00:17 via vancouversun.com
  A complex of 46 modular homes is slated for construction in Chilliwack this fall, the final project in the province’s fast response plan for homelessness that has thrown up more than 2,000 modular homes in B.C.
  The site in the 45000-block of Trethewey Avenue requires a rezoning process, according to a government news release. If approved, construction will begin in the fall, with completion expected in the spring of 2019. The projects involve constructing a larger building by stacking pref
  
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