Near Port Alberni, Anger Over Planned Pot Facility Near Indigenous Healing Centre – The Tyee

‘Exhausting’ dispute involves a local MP, the regional district, mad residents, lawyers, ministries, the land commission and more.

A 10-minute drive north of Port Alberni and along the banks of Beaver Creek lies the unincorporated community known as Beaver Creek.

Despite being squarely situated in the B.C.’s Agricultural Land Reserve, the area is mostly single-family homes on small acreages. Except for Rages Farm — which boasts of having the largest greenhouse operation on Vancouver Island — there are no industrial agriculture operations in Beaver Creek.

In fact, almost no businesses operate in Beaver Creek. No restaurants, no gas stations, not even a grocer. Just homes for working-class families and retirees looking for a quieter and cheaper place to live than Port Alberni.

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