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The Fraser Health Authority says it will start construction on a new long-term care home in the Metro Vancouver city of Delta in 2025.
The project, which is expected to be finished in 2027, will replace Mountain View Manor and its 92 beds.
The new facility is being designed as households that accommodate 12 or 13 residents each, with 200 beds in total.
Each home will also include social and recreational spaces.
Forecasts warn that temperatures will push into the low-to-mid-30s over the central and southern Interior regions, and northern B-C will see temperatures possibly reaching the high 20s.
Residents are asked to provide feedback through an online survey. The survey comes as Vancouver is conducting an extensive review to modernize and enhance its Noise Control bylaw.
Police say they found a vehicle last Friday that had been reported as stolen the day before. Inside, officers found a Panasonic Toughbook, two laptops, a metal detector, three satellite phones, a Sony P-S Vita and a cellphone.
Between April 27th and 29th, four women reported being sexually assaulted while walking through neighbourhoods around B-C Place and Rogers Arena. Police released a photo of a suspect yesterday and, following a tip from the public, a man was arrested in East Vancouver this morning.
Vancouver city council has approved changes to zoning in select areas of the Cambie Street corridor that it says will make it easier and faster to build up to 16-hundred townhouses. This change will allow applicants to proceed directly to a development permit application for townhouses in the approved areas.
The 58-year-old male suspect has been released on conditions, including no contact with the victim and not to be in the presence of anyone under the age of 16-year-old without another adult present. The suspect is an employee at the temple, and the employer has been advised of the allegations and the conditions of his release.