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Amazon has announced plans to build a 450,000 square foot warehouse facility on Tsawwassen First Nation lands at Deltaport.

The online giant says it will create more than 700 full-time jobs.

It will be the company’s third fulfillment centre in BC, where 800 people are employed, along with its tech hub in Vancouver that employs 1500.

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Once open, the new facility will be Amazon’s tenth fulfillment facility in Canada and join Amazon’s current fulfillment centres in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.

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Workers at the plant will pick, pack and ship customer items.

Premier John Horgan, in a statement, says “Amazon, is once again choosing British Columbia to create good jobs.”