Marijuana Grow Op
Fire extinguished at former grow op in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Kelowna firefighters put out a blaze in a home that housed a marijuana…
Mandatory minimums for growing marijuana in B.C. tossed after Kelowna case sets precedent
KELOWNA – The outcome of a Kelowna court case has changed the legal landscape for…
Kamloops doctor explains why he wants to open the city’s first marijuana grow op
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops doctor could become the proprietor of the city’s first medical marijuana grow operation. Neurosurgeon Dr. Richard Brownlee sees the grow op as both a business and research opportunity. Brownlee opened the Welcome Back MRI and Pain Management Centre in 2008 and while he operates on things like brain tumours, the vast...
Kamloops’ first medical marijuana grow op gets city approval
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops’ first medical marijuana grow operation went to public hearing last night and was approved unanimously by council. No one, not even the proponent, spoke for or against the operation yesterday, Oct. 20, at the public hearing, though there was one piece of correspondence submitted by Maxine Charlton of M-3 Management who opposed the...
Residents to decide fate of Kamloops’ first marijuana grow-op
KAMLOOPS – Residents will have their opinions heard on a plan for a medical marijuana grow operation in the Gateway Industrial Park in Kamloops. The rezoning application goes to a public hearing tomorrow, Oct. 20. The city's development and engineering services director Marvin Kwiatkowski has said while others have inquired, this is the city’s first formal...
First medical marijuana grow op application in Kamloops heads to public hearing
KAMLOOPS - Residents will have a say in whether a medical marijuana grow operation is approved in Gateway Park at the east end of the city. While there have been previous inquiries this is the first formal application for a grow op in Kamloops, development and engineering services director Marvin Kwiatkowski told city council today,...
Marijuana grow operation unplugged near Falkland
VERNON – A month long investigation ended with an RCMP emergency response team raiding a suspected grow operation in the Falkland area. The heavily armed officers executed a search warrant Thursday, Feb. 26 once it was determined there wasn’t a medicinal marijuana license associated with the property, North Okanagan RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says in...
Search for firearms leads mounties to Lumby grow-op
LUMBY - Police went looking for illegal firearms at a Lumby residence earlier this month and turned up what they call a dangerous, albeit legally licensed marijuana grow-op instead. Lumby Cpl. Henry Proce said police executed a search warrant Dec. 12 at a residence in the 1700 block of Grandview Avenue looking for firearms. The...