Annacis Island will soon be home to a large-scale medical marijuana facility.



Health Canada has approved a cultivation license for International Herbs Medical Marijuana Ltd. According to the company’s website, the state-of-the-art facility features more than 25,000 square feet for the cultivation and distribution of medical marijuana.



The company has been working on the application for more than three years and its Delta location is the first of its two facilities to acquire a cultivation license to produce medical marijuana.

Its other facility is located in Atholville, NB.



It is also one of the first companies in the Lower Mainland to receive a cultivation license and one of the few companies in Canada to get the license on the first pre-license inspection.



“It’s been a long journey, but we kept our eye on the prize,” said CEO Kevin Coft in a news release. “There was a tremendous amount of effort that was put forth and, without that, we could not have met our objectives. I’m happy to see our hard work resulting in success.”



With both of its facilities combined, the company becomes one of Canada’s largest producers and distributors of medical marijuana.



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