Carli Berry
Carli Berry has been telling stories in the Okanagan for the past three years and after finding her footing in the newspaper industry, joined the Infonews team in January 2020. Recipient of the 2019 MA Murray award for feature writing, Carli is passionate about stories that involve housing, business and the environment. Born on Vancouver Island, she is happy to say Okanagan Lake reminds, her slightly, of the ocean. Carli can be reached at (250) 864-7494 or email cberry@infonews.ca.
Residents file complaints due to smelly Vernon cannabis facility
The City of Vernon has received 23 complaints regarding the smell of a cannabis facility operating in the 1700 block of Kosmina Road. The production facility is in the process of upgrading its air filtration system to mitigate the cannabis…
Magic mushroom facility hosts grand opening in Princeton
An open house is being held today at a Princeton magic mushroom facility as it celebrates its grand opening. In the last few years, two 10,000 foot-buildings in Princeton’s industrial park were constructed and designed to cultivate and research psilocybin, the…
Princeton facility gets green light to grow magic mushrooms
Health Canada has approved a magic mushroom facility in the Similkameen. Optimi Health Corp currently has two 10,000 square foot facilities located in Princeton’s industrial park. Now that Health Canada has granted the company with a dealer’s licence, the buildings…
iN PHOTOS: What cannabis harvesting looks like in Rock Creek
It’s harvest season for cannabis companies in the Interior and an outdoor facility in Rock Creek is harvesting its crop until the end of October. SpeakEasy Cannabis Club Ltd. a holder of a federal licence to cultivate, process, and sell…
iN PHOTOS: Magic mushroom facility in Princeton taking shape
Construction is nearing completion on two 10,000 square foot facilities in Princeton that will be used to grow and research magic mushrooms. One building will be used as a controlled substance facility for research and lab work for psychedelic mushrooms…
South Okanagan cannabis company hopes to start growing magic mushrooms this fall
A South Okanagan cannabis growing facility is hoping to add magic mushroom production this fall. Way2Grow Biopharma Corp., located in the Osoyoos industrial park at a former RCMP storage site, currently has three cannabis licenses for been growing, cultivating and selling…
Okanagan residents frustrated with ministry inaction at cannabis property
For years, Lake Country resident and retired wildlife biologist Dave Young voiced concerns with various government agencies about wildlife habitat being destroyed by a neighbouring cannabis facility but little has been done to address them. Young has lived at his…
Vernon chamber president questions pricey pot shop business licences
The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce's president is questioning the $2,000 business licencing fee for a retail cannabis licence when liquor stores are only paying a fraction of that cost to operate. The business license fee for retail cannabis operations…
Large Surrey RCMP marijuana drug bust leads to confiscation of cannabis-infused potato chips
Mounties have arrested four people in a huge drug bust largely involving cannabis, including for the time — pot-infused potato chips. The Surrey RCMP Drug Unit began an investigation in September and in December, got a search warrant to enter a…
Canadian cannabis, psychedelics industries cheer state measures in U.S. election
TORONTO – Canadian cannabis and psychedelics companies that have been eyeing the U.S. market have a few new reasons to celebrate. Through U.S. election ballot questions, five states — Arizona, New Jersey, South Dakota, Mississippi and Montana — this week…
RCMP bust huge illegal pot grow op outside of Lytton
Police officers dismantled a large illegal marijuana grow operation containing more than 5,200 plants near Lytton last week after finding it via helicopter. Police officers conducting aerial operations in RCMP Air Services helicopter spotted the pot plants on Aug. 28.…