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The company that owns the Tweed plant in Smiths Falls has ambitious expansion plans as it races to get ready for the introduction of legal recreational marijuana in Canada.

Canopy Growth Corp. is already the world’s largest medical marijuana company, and it’s about to get bigger.

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The company will open growing operations in Edmonton and Fredericton, expanding its reach into five provinces, Canopy was to announce Saturday.

Canopy’s goal is to operate facilities across Canada, says CEO Bruce Linton. That will make it easier to offer same-day mail delivery. “Logistically, that makes sense,” Linton says.

Canopy now serves medical marijuana patients. But like many of the country’s licensed medical growers, it is preparing to sell to the much larger “lifestyle” market when the federal government legalizes recreational pot, which is expected by July 2018.

Canopy’s existing facilities are also expanding: