Council nixes plan for 18-unit Queen Street rooming house

City council has nixed plans that could have seen a former Queen Street group home converted into an 18-unit rooming house. Council unanimously opposed the rezoning application recommendation after a 90-minute public hearing that saw neighbourhood residents oppose the plan that they feared would put their community at risk.Property owner Biosphere Labs Inc. Nikolai Cepecawer told city council that 16 of the units would be rented out to students while he and his brother would also reside at the