The Snuneymuxw First Nation in BC is near completion of a micro cannabis facility on Vancouver Island that will add to the Nation’s retail cannabis brand, Coast Salish Cannabis, in Nanaimo.
Built with funding from the BC Indigenous Cannabis Business Fund, the 13,000 sq. ft. facility will enable them to grow, produce, and distribute their own cannabis products, including edibles, in their own stores and across BC and Canada.
The fund, provided through New Relationship Trust (NRT), provides non-repayable contributions to First Nation communities and Indigenous entrepreneurs in British Columbia that are pursuing opportunities in the federally and provincially regulated cannabis sector.
The fund supports equity, diversity, and Indigenous-led participation across the cannabis value chain—from production and distribution to retail and ancillary services.
