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Canopy Growth Corp. will spread its cannabis empire into B.C. with a deal that will give another huge boost to what is already the world’s largest medical marijuana company.

The Smiths Falls-based company has announced a partnership with a company that grows vegetables in B.C. to convert massive greenhouses at one and perhaps two locations into grow-ops for cannabis.

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If the deals go as planned, Canopy’s total production capacity will more than double. Company officials hope that some of the cannabis produced at the B.C. greenhouses will be available as soon as July 2018, the date the federal government has promised to legalize recreational marijuana.

Health Canada-licensed growers of medical marijuana will also supply the recreational market.

The expansion means Canopy will have operations in six provinces.

Canopy says its new B.C. partner has “multi-generational knowledge of greenhouse operations, having managed and operated them in various climates throughout North America for 30 years.” The company does not want its name released for fear of disrupting its primary business, said Canopy CEO Bruce Linton.