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This greenhouse on Hornby Drive in East Delta is where the Canopy Growth Corp. told the City of Delta it plans to grow marijuana. Security enhancements are now being undertaken at the facility.
Greenhouses look to cash in More planning to switch to marijuana as legalization date nears for recreational use SANDOR GYARMATI
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More Delta greenhouses plan to make the switch to pot in advance of the federal government’s legalization of recreational marijuana this summer. The latest that appears ready to join what’s expected to be a multi-billion-dollar market is the SunSelect greenhouse in East Delta. Representatives from Canopy
Growth Corp. met with city officials late last year about the company’s intention to start growing marijuana in Delta. The greenhouse on Hornby Drive is now undergoing security enhancements. Last fall, Canopy Growth Corp. announced it would develop up to three million square feet of greenhouse growing capacity at a pair of sites in B.C. to grow marijuana. Canopy said in a statement
that it entered into a joint venture agreement with a largescale greenhouse operator where it will be a majority shareholder of a new company called BC Tweed Joint Venture Inc. The name of that greenhouse operator, however, has been kept secret. Health Canada, where the application was submitted, refused to provide details or even confirm the application, citing business confidentiality.
Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton said in a statement last year the operator currently grows peppers but millions would be spent in a transformation to cannabis production. Although the location has been kept under wraps, a letter to the city from Canopy confirms the Hornby Drive greenhouse would be converted. The company stated it’s applying to become authorized for the production, possession, sale,
shipment, transportation as well as delivery of dried marijuana plants and seeds at the premises located at 10250 Hornby Dr. Meanwhile, in another deal involving an unknown company, a greenhouse on 104th Street in East Delta is reportedly also converting to pot. Last summer, Village Farms International made public its plans to cultivate medical and non-medical marijuana. VILLAGE: see Page 3