News Items tag as: Cannabis growing

iN PHOTOS: Cannabis harvest approaching in Kamloops, Okanagan gardens
October 16, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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Some gardeners in Kamloops and the Okanagan are getting ready to harvest their cannabis plants, and knowing exactly when to do so can yield the biggest, most potent buds.
Pot plants being pilfered from backyards in Kamloops
September 26, 2021 - 7:30 AM
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Some Kamloops residents on the North Shore have reported their backyard cannabis plants have been stolen during the night over the past few weeks.
Counterclaim filed in Princeton cannabis facility dispute
December 08, 2020 - 6:00 AM

A counterclaim has been filed by Princeton cannabis companies against their construction contractor in what’s becoming a messy dispute with millions of dollars on the line.
Princeton cannabis facility hit with $1.4 million lawsuit
November 28, 2020 - 2:31 PM
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Owners of a cannabis cultivation facility under construction near Princeton are facing legal action after allegedly falling behind in contract payments to the facility’s contractor.
It's time to bring cannabis growing indoors
September 09, 2019 - 12:00 AM

It’s time to take your green thumb indoors, despite the September sun still shining some days.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

iN PHOTOS: Cannabis harvest approaching in Kamloops, Okanagan gardens