A Northside company has been given the green light from the federal government to begin making cannabis products.

On Friday, Bluenose Labs Corp. became the first in Cape Breton to receive standard processing and medical sales licensing from Health Canada for operations at a former Northside pharmaceutical plant its parent company, Highlanders Cannabis Corp., purchased in 2018.

Tiffany Walsh, who is president of both Highlanders and Bluenose, said the regulatory approval was a “huge hurdle.” While Health Canada will still have to certify a test batch of their products, she’s confident the facility could be up and running within months.

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