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Medical pot plot thickens for RDEK Business person wants support for Meadowbrook grow operation under new federal regulations
SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
A business person from the Lower Mainland is planning to es-
tablish a medical marijuana operation in Meadowbrook. On Friday, November 1, the Regional Dis-
trict of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors voted to begin amendments to the Kimberley Rural Zoning
Bylaw to regulate medical marijuana. Board Chair Rob Gay said that a business person approached the
board to find out where the RDEK would stand on a medical marijuana operation within its boundaries.
The federal government has approved new regulations for medical marijuana operations, which will come into effect on April 1, 2014. After April, medical marijuana producers will need to seek local government zoning for the operation. It will be up to the local government to zone properties so that they can control where the medical marijuana operations are located. Previously, producers could set up opera-
tions wherever they wished, with a license from Health Canada and without the knowledge of local government. The new regulations will also contain stringent guidelines, including 24-hour monitoring of the site. Inside a municipality, the operations would need a business license. But the regional district does not require licenses for businesses outside municipalities.
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Leave graveyard markers alone, residents request Council accepts petition to keep adornments intact over winter ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
BARRY COULTER PHOTO
The legendary Judy Collins performed at the Key City Theatre Wedneday, Nov. 6, singing spine-tingling songs in a bell clear voice and telling stories from her remarkable life. Collins, on 12-string guitar, was accompanied by Russell Walden on piano. See more in Friday’s Daily Townsman.
At Monday’s regular meeting, Cranbrook City Council received a petition from citizens concerned about the city’s cemetery practice in the winter months. The petition comes from Mike Graziano and lists 50 names opposed to the removal of crosses and markers in the cemetery over the winter months. Council moved to refer the petition to administration for review
before making any decisions, but some councillors weighed in on the subject. “In the wintertime they can’t see the grave sites,” said Coun. Denise Pallesen. “They can’t find them while they’re looking for their loved ones. I think it’s just as simple as that. I’m not sure what we can do about it, or if we can do anything without changing the whole bylaw.”
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