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Research partnership puts Tweed Inc. within reach of new discoveries Stacey Roy sroy@perfprint.ca
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The sixth annual Law Enforcement Torch Ride for Special Olympics took place on July 12 in Smiths Falls. Bikers came from Ottawa, Montreal, Cornwall, Kingston, Brockville and Smiths Falls for the fundraiser. More than 175 riders participated, including Joe Fortin and Jet Gaisson, above, who rode in from Montreal.
Saturday car wash to support local beach Stacey Roy sroy@perfprint.ca
Community – Splashing on some water on a hot day is all part of the beach experience, so it’s fitting that Krown in Smiths Falls will be splashing cars July 19 in support of the Smiths Falls beach project. Volunteers from Krown and Hanks Tire will be on hand at 15 Franklin St. in Smiths Falls (behind the gas station on Union Street) starting at 9 a.m. through-
out the day to ensure all funds donated go directly to the beach. “As long as cars keep rolling in we’ll keep washing them,” said Danny Allan of Krown. Organizers are hoping to raise between $2,000 and $3,000 that will go directly into the beach fund held by the town hall. So far Krown has collected $700 from individual donations, etc. and are hoping this donation-based car wash will put them over the top. “Smiths Falls needs more things like this,” Allan said.
The beach was selected as the local charity of choice because it is a town asset that everyone can use, it’s a great draw to the town and it draws people to the downtown core. “We felt if we were going to ask folks for a donation it should be something in our community,” Allan said. Posters on this event can be found around town featuring a historic photograph of the beach as it once was and, as Allan says, “what it could be again.”
News – The promise of making medical history while supporting Canadians living with illness has brought together Smiths Falls’ newest employer, Tweed Inc. and students and faculty from both Ryerson and the University of Ottawa. “Tweed is really pro-active in terms of bringing medicine forward,” commented Dr. Lesley Campbell of Ryerson. On July 3 Tweed Inc. announced it signed a Memoranda of Understanding with Ryerson and the University of Ottawa. This agreement has allowed two independent research projects to take place. “With the new regulatory system in place, producers and researchers now have the stability to undertake research not possible in the past,” said Tweed CEO Chuck Rifici. “These projects will shed insight into everything from ideal growing conditions to the very question of what makes medical marijuana an effective medicine.” In total, four students (two from each institution) will be
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working at Tweed Inc. on these projects. Among them is Steve Naraine of Ryerson who has been working at the Smiths Falls plant since this April and is excited to be part of the project because “it’s a new area of research.” Dr. Campbell and her team (including Naraine) are currently wrapping up a six month research project that looks at the optimum environment to grow marijuana, particularly the best lighting to use. “The solution is specific to Tweed,” Dr. Campbell explains. The research project is anticipated to wrap up at the end of this September where they will provide the local medical marijuana plant with a research report outlining the results of their work. Most of their work is proprietary, but Dr. Campbell was able to explain the testing being done in Smiths Falls will look at LED and broader wave length options and how they grow the plant in isolation tents. “We’re starting to see results come in,” confirmed Mark Zekulin, executive vice-president and general counsel at Tweed.
Ryerson’s work could be in place as soon as the next grow room is completed, which is now underway. Ultimately, the company hopes to have specialized rooms for each of their 25 different species. Today, they have six in operation. The objective of all of this work is to provide a more stable, quality product for Tweed Inc. and their clients. Currently, the Smiths Falls company has 25 varieties of marijuana growing in-house so that clients with different medical needs can be serviced. Marijuana has been known to relieve pain and increase appetite in AIDS and other patients. The answer of how this happens is being tackled by Dr. Cory Harris and his team out of the University of Ottawa. Through this project researchers hope to shed light on what makes marijuana so effective and, perhaps, what other uses it may have. “It’s nice to get involved in research where there’s an opportunity to really contribute to policy and patient well being,” Dr. Harris said. Due to the plant’s previous See TWEED page SF2
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