Willie Sellars is the Chief of Williams Lake First Nation. (Photo submitted.)
Merritt City Council has approved public consultation for a new cannabis shop. Unity Cannabis, the first cannabis shop owned by an Indigenous reserve in Canada and based out of Williams Lake, is looking to set up shop at the Adelphi Hotel. The motion to request written submissions from the public about the project was discussed at the May 25 regular City Council meeting, and passed 6-1, with only Councillor Melvina White opposed. Public notices are to be posted at the Adelphi property, issued to any resident within 100 feet of the property, and published in two editions of the Merritt Herald.