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Cannabis
Province wants to turn dollar store into pot store in one Okanagan city
WEST KELOWNA – The provincial government wants to sell cannabis out of the old Urban…
Grow-op slated for Vernon’s former Far West clothing building
VERNON – With the goal to produce eight million grams of pot in its first…
Kamloops chose a risky approach to retail cannabis sales and it paid off
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops started early and got ahead of the curve when it came to…
West Kelowna cannabis shop fought the law and the law won
KELOWNA – Cannabis legalization was just around the corner in 2017, but jumping the gun…
iN PHOTOS: Cannabis industry insights: Vernon’s Terra Vida Wellness is not your average pot shop
VERNON – Walking into the calm, softly lit interior of Terra Vida Wellness feels very…
Brisk turnout for B.C. Cannabis Store job fair in Penticton
PENTICTON – Penticton will see a B.C. Cannabis Store opening in Penticton later this year,…
Comedians go green in Kelowna
KELOWNA – The classic image of the haggard stand-up comic is so well-worn it's morphed…
First provincially-approved Okanagan cannabis shop set for Canada Day opening
VERNON – The first provincially-approved cannabis retail store in the Okanagan is opening even sooner…
Vernon cannabis store gets provincial stamp of approval
VERNON – The Okanagan is about to get a lot greener. Spiritleaf is set to…
High times at Okanagan Indian Band’s ‘Green Mile’
NORTH OKANAGAN – Turning off Highway 97 and heading southwest on Westside Road north of…
Sunniva sells Okanagan Falls cannabis facility property for $20 million
PENTICTON – One month after Sunniva Medical Inc. completely halted construction of a once-promising cannabis…
Vernon says no to a downtown cannabis retail operation
VERNON – Vernon city council has said no for the first time to a pot…
Cannabis lighting up growth in Kelowna’s industrial sector
KELOWNA – There’s a smoking hot industrial land market being fired up in Kelowna these…
Are you high? New StatsCan survey says more people are using cannabis
KELOWNA – Are you high? According to the latest from Statistics Canada, an increasing number…
Looking for a job with B.C. Cannabis Stores? There’s a job fair in Kamloops today
KAMLOOPS — The B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch is holding a job fair to fill positions…
Pot killed the local Kelowna bowling alley, owner says
KELOWNA – After more than 30 years in business, Lake City Bowling and Billiards closed…
West Kelowna allowing four pot shop rezoning applications to go ahead
WEST KELOWNA – Out of an initial list of 10 applications for cannabis retail outlets…
Pot shop applications go to Kelowna city council Monday
KELOWNA – Five companies wanting to open seven different cannabis retail shops will have their…
One cannabis store denied, three approved by Kamloops city council
KAMLOOPS – Four more applications for cannabis stores today tested the City of Kamloops bylaws…
Four more retail cannabis store applications going before Kamloops city council
KAMLOOPS – Four more retail cannabis store applications go before Kamloops city council at its…
Two more retail cannabis stores approved by Kamloops city council
KAMLOOPS – Although Kamloops city council voted in favour of two new retail cannabis locations…
Kamloops city council to review two more proposed retail cannabis stores
KAMLOOPS – Two more retail cannabis stores are up for consideration by Kamloops city council.…
Indigenous Bloom opens cannabis store in Lake Country
LAKE COUNTRY – A cannabis retailer has been up and running in the Central Okanagan…
Developers eyeing old Vernon Legion as potential pot shop
VERNON – The former Vernon Legion building downtown could be a going green. An administrative…