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The buzz in downtown Trail on Monday morning didn’t just belong to Christmas shoppers. A worker from Glacier Valley Tree Care trims the branches off a tree near the Greater Trail Community Centre. Guy Bertrand photo

Out on a limb

Buzz in downtown Trail on Monday didn’t just belong to Christmas shoppers

Dec. 19, 2017 1:30 a.m.
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Buzz in downtown Trail on Monday didn’t just belong to Christmas shoppers

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