Snuneymuxw First Nation is looking to grow its Coast Salish Canna brand with the construction of a cannabis micro grow operation. A 13,000-square-foot production facility near the First Nation's gas station and cannabis store on Macmillan Road is nearing completion and, pending licensing, could begin operations by the end of September. When production does start it will bring a range of products that will be researched, produced and distributed under SFN's Coast Salish Canna brand.
"We're essentially complete here. We're just doing the odd and sods and getting the actual production and the grow side ready to roll," said Jason Guild, head of cannabis operations.
During a tour of the facility July 11, electrical workers were making final connections to the facility's four 2,100-square-foot grow rooms, offices, drying, processing and packaging rooms, employee kitchen, decontamination rooms and other spaces that will support production, research and sales.
"We have four separate reservoirs and each one of these gets plumbed into each of the rooms to feed every table," Guild said. "We've designed it so each individual room is its own environment. We don't have any cross-contamination. So, if you run into a problem and you have to kill off a room, you still have the other three rooms to go."
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