Beckwith Township residents crowd voice concerns about proposed cannabis farm

More than 100 residents jammed into Beckwith Township’s municipal offices Monday night, eager to get information and voice their concerns about plans by a cannabis company to set up operations in their neighbourhood.
Burnstown Farms Cannabis Company is seeking approval of its site plan application for a 50-acre parcel of land on Ferguson Road. The company says it expects to be growing 100,000 plants by 2020, which has numerous neighbours angry about potential odours, changes to the water t