SN Cannabis Commission over $800,000 in debt and rising
April 7, 2021
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By Victoria Gray Writer Six Nations may be inching closer to band regulated cannabis sales on the territory, but right now the Six Nations Cannabis Commission (SNCC) is operating in the red and hoping eventual sales will cover the cost. The SNCC and Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) held a live community update on the SNCC on March 31st that included legal, business and health consultants working with SNCC to set up the independently regulated cannabis industry on Six Nations. The three year old SNCC is currently operating with an $830,000 debt load and projecting a $1.4 million deficit. They still need to purchase lab equipment, a possible $500,000 in inventory and have to build set up a warehouse with office space and a functional laboratory space at an unknown…
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Six Nations businesses open, SNEC apologizes
March 17, 2021
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By Victoria Gray Writer Six Nations business have installed COVID-19 protections and provided PPE to customers. They’ve gone to curb-side delivery. They are operating window service. They are limiting the number of customers in their stores. Last week they were blindsided with Elected Chief Mark Hill took to a another video announcement, posted to Facebook, to call for reduced hours and shutdowns without consulting the business community. The results were heated phone calls and businesses confused over why SNEC was seeking more measures including reducing hours or shutting down. Elected Chief Hill met in a ZOOM meeting with business owners last Wednesday to give business owners a chance to ask questions and answer for his announcement “We were already in code Black, these measures were already supposed to be in…
SNEC searching for funds to subsidize water line hookups
February 3, 2021
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By Victoria Gray Writer Six Nations residents may have water line hookups subsidized despite complaints about the company installing them. A6N, who holds an exclusive contract to install waterlines at Six Nations pledged to improve communication with community members . The company, told Six Nations Elected Council Jan., 26th they could also let other contractors come in before their contract/ warranty for local water main hookups is over. The Six Nations community owned company has received a number of complaints over costs but but still ended up walking away with a council motion to subsidize residential water main hookups. SNEC asked for an update and explanation of A6N’s quoting process after hearing many community complaints about the cost of having their homes hooked up to the waterlines. There were also…