Long before Christina Lake Cannabis purchased its 32 acres of land between two intersecting valleys in B.C.’s lower interior, the mountains above it were firmly established in the annals of pot growing lore.
In 2010, the RCMP found 10 or 26 (depending who you ask) black bears defending 1,000 cannabis plants and a house containing a pot-bellied pig and a raccoon.
Locals often tell Christina Lake’s chief executive Joel Dumaresq that the couple were really just environmentalists feeding some docile bears and the tale has been twisted. Either way, Dumaresq would never dream of copying oddball cannabis protection methods.
“We don’t need the bears because our chief operating officer and one of our founders (Nicco Dehaan) is about 6’7 or 6’8, probably about two pounds shy of 300 pounds and strong as a bear,” Dumaresq joked.
“Anybody that would try and break into our facility would have to get through a 10-foot high, barbed wire fence with security cameras about every 50 meters and then through another 10. If you’re able to get through that, and you don’t get picked up by drones… or security, then you’ve got to contend with Nicco.”
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