News Items tag as: Cannabis

City of Kamloops now accepting referrals for private pot shop applications
September 19, 2018 - 4:11 PM

KAMLOOPS - The legalization of cannabis is less than a month away, and the City of Kamloops is now accepting referrals for private cannabis business license applications.
Green gold rush fizzles as Okanagan cannabis companies see stock prices fade
August 31, 2018 - 3:00 PM

OKANAGAN - A sector-wide 'green gold rush' at the beginning of 2018 that saw most cannabis stocks soar, including several in the Okanagan, has fizzled somewhat with most share prices falling back to previous levels.
Emerging cannabis industry luring agricultural workers from traditional crops
August 30, 2018 - 2:05 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Attracting workers to agricultural jobs has always been difficult with generally low pay for hard work.
‘High’ school classes offered at Okanagan College
August 29, 2018 - 6:30 PM

OKANAGAN - Cannabis is legitmately coming to the classroom for the first time in the Okanagan and Shuswap.
Public hearing tonight on cannabis regulations in Kamloops
August 28, 2018 - 2:45 PM

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is getting closer to finalizing the framework for cannabis retail regulations.
An inside look at one of the Okanagan's first licensed marijuana production facilities
July 20, 2018 - 6:30 PM

FALKLAND - Just off Highway 97 on the way to Falkland is a large, warehouse-style building surrounded by a chainlink fence with signs that read ‘Warning- Video Camera Surveillance.’ Behind the building, and within view of passing motorists, are sections of bare, flattened land where greenhouses will eventually grow cannabis.
West Kelowna wants to know where to put the pot shops
July 17, 2018 - 11:34 AM

WEST KELOWNA - Would you be alright with a pot store in the same strip mall where you pick up your groceries? And how late should the store be allowed to remain open?
Kamloops will be home to province's first government-run recreational pot store
July 11, 2018 - 11:53 AM

KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s first government-owned cannabis retail store will be setting up shop in Kamloops.
Cannabis facility sign of changing agricultural land use in South Okanagan
June 22, 2018 - 5:00 PM

PENTICTON - Agricultural use of land isn’t what it used to be.
City holds public hearing tonight on retail cannabis in Kamloops
May 08, 2018 - 11:00 AM

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council is holding a public hearing tonight as the city gets ready for the federal government’s legalization of non-medical cannabis.
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