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Home 🌿 Marijuana Business News 🌿 Tilray medical marijuana company lays off 61 in Nanaimo 🌿Tilray medical marijuana company lays off 61 in Nanaimo
One of Vancouver Island's largest medical marijuana growing companies announced Thursday it is laying off 61 employees.
Tilray opened its Nanaimo facility in 2014 and at its peak employed nearly 200 people, giving it a high profile as a major employer in the region.
The company insists the layoffs will not have any impact on "the thousands of patients we serve," according to a statement from Tilray CEO Greg Engel.
"Tilray is making changes to our operating model to more efficiently serve patients and the MMPR market as it exists today," Engel wrote.
"Tilray is well-capitalized and confident in our long-term business strategy, and we are operating more efficiently than ever before."
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It's quite a change for the company that held numerous job fairs just last year, and even hosted an information session in an effort to fill positions.
A report released in March by the Nanaimo Economic...
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