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Near Port Alberni, Anger Over Planned Pot Facility Near Indigenous Healing Centre
‘Exhausting’ dispute involves a local MP, the regional district, mad residents, lawyers, ministries, the land commission and more.
Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee. Reach her here.
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An Indigenous drug and alcohol treatment and healing centre has long been fighting the development of a cannabis growth facility across the street. ‘It’s just exhausting.’
Photo by Mike Youds.
A 10-minute drive north of Port Alberni and along the banks of Beaver Creek lies the unincorporated community known as Beaver Creek.
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