American cannabis-testing firm buys into Edmonton lab

An American cannabis-testing and research firm is moving into the Canadian market by buying a 50 per cent share of an Edmonton laboratory.
Evio Inc. of Bend, Ore., will pay $2.5 million for a half interest in Edmonton’s Keystone Labs Inc., a privately held contract-testing laboratory specializing in quality testing for regulated industries, according to a news release Friday.
Keystone was founded in 2005 by Jodi McDonald and does analytical work using Good Manufacturing Practices for pharm