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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Nanaimo, BC, gets a boost from the next big thing: medical marijuana 🌿Nanaimo, BC, gets a boost from the next big thing: medical marijuana
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It’s nice to have options when the local Target or Future Shop closes it’s doors, and you’ve have to think the packing room at the Tilray plant in Nanaimo has a more convivial scent than traditional retail. Okay, cheap pot joke there, but city officials say that Tilray, which started production last April, does a lot more than just serve as a punch line.
According to a report by the city’s economic development corporation, Tilray is already one of the top employers in town, with about 140 workers, and has supported a total of 395 direct and indirect jobs through its construction and operation so far.
“The employment positions created by Tilray include...
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