Former B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake To Join Growing Marijuana Company

B.C.’s former health minister, Terry Lake, is moving to the Ottawa area this weekend to become a vice-president of a “luxury” medical marijuana company that is poised for massive growth.

Hydropothecary Corp. is a Health Canada authorized producer of medical marijuana with a 26-hectare facility in Gatineau, Que., that is about to get six times larger. The company was co-founded in 2013 by a stalwart Liberal, Adam Miron, who also helped start ipolitics.ca, a news website is popular with those involved in or following provincial and federal politics.

Miron met Lake in the early 2000’s when he attended Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops where Lake lived. Miron helped Lake with his successful mayoral campaign in 2005.

Lake said in an interview that he’s kept in touch with Miron over the years.

Miron was national director of Young Liberals of Canada from 2007 to 2009 and a provincial coordinator for the B.C. Liberals in 2007.

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Portland Hotel Society, Vancouver Police Investigating PHS Staff Member

The Portland Hotel Society says the Vancouver Police are investigating a staff member after $15,000 was allegedly taken from the bank account of one of its vulnerable residents.

In an exclusive interview, PHS Community Services Society Executive Director Jennifer Breakspear says she first learned of the allegation in early May.

“It was brought to light by another employee who was caring for this client,” she said. “The client themselves has cognitive deficits, and isn’t always wholly aware of situations in regards to his financial situation.”

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Vancouver Police, Portland Hotel Society Investigate Internal Fraud Complaint

Vancouver police and PHS Community Services Society are investigating an alleged incident of fraud involving a PHS client.

“PHS is conducting an internal investigation of the incident, and the VPD is also conducting its own investigation,” PHS executive director Jennifer Breakspear told Postmedia News on Tuesday.

“We are co-operating fully with the VPD, and have provided them with evidence as requested. We are working closely with police to ensure the investigations are done properly, and concluded as expeditiously as possible,” said Breakspear.

“I am not at liberty to comment further on the specifics of this alleged incident until all investigations are concluded. However, we want to emphasize that there is nothing more important to PHS than the safety and security of the people we serve. Nothing is more important to us.”

Global B.C. is reporting that a PHS staff member allegedly took $15,000 from the bank account of a vulnerable member.

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This Week In History 1907 The Asiatic Exclusion League Is Formed

Anti-Asian hysteria was rampant on the west coast of North America in the early 1900s.

In San Francisco, whites formed the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League in 1905. Two years later, a Canadian version appeared in Vancouver, the Asiatic Exclusion League.

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