Work begins on new marijuana facility in Edmonton-area industrial park

A new cannabis production facility near Edmonton could become one of the country’s largest marijuana growing operations, the company behind the facility says.
Work to convert a former modular home factory into a marijuana grow and production operation began this month, said Troy Dezwart, co-founder and chief operating officer of Freedom Cannabis.
The company, based in Acheson just west of Edmonton, is converting the 125,000-square-foot building as it applies for a cannabis licence fro