Indigenous-led Investment Group Partners with Peguis First Nation to Bring Legal Cannabis to Indigenous Communities

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Indigenous-led Investment Group Partners with
Peguis First Nation to Bring Legal Cannabis to
Indigenous Communities

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• WINNIPEG, June 18, 2019 Bridging Finance Inc.,
  one of North Americas leading infrastructure
  firms for First Nations and Inuit, is working
  with Peguis First Nation to bring safe Cannabis
  retail options to First Nation communities. The
  two organizations have engaged POPCANN to ensure
  that the sale of Cannabis is done in a secure
  manner that protects First Nation youth and
  eliminates black market product.
• Cannabis was legalized across Canada close to a
  year ago, but access to safe, legal product
  through retail has until now been limited to
  major urban centres, leaving rural communities at
  a disadvantage, said David Sharpe, CEO of
  Bridging Finance Inc. Weve worked closely with
  Chief Hudson to ensure were doing something for
  the good of First Nation communities, and POPCANN
  is a great partner to help facilitate this
  endeavor. To date, Bridging has allocated over
  300 million to finance renewable energy,
  housing, grocery stores and fisheries to
  Indigenous communities.

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• The partnership aims to provide safe, controlled
  Cannabis retail stores that are compliant with
  both community and regionally imposed
  regulations, while at the same time providing
  elected Chief and Bands control over the sale of
  Cannabis within their communities.
• The collaboration will also enable the three
  entities to work with various levels of
  government to establish dialogue and
  collaboration with regulators concerning cannabis
  related activities and policies within indigenous
  communities.
• First Nation communities do not have the same
  commercial and retail infrastructure that are
  ubiquitous in larger cities, adding an additional
  challenge, said Chief Hudson, elected Chief of
  Peguis First Nation. POPCANNs prefabricated
  Cannabis retail stores offer a turnkey solution
  that means fast and secure access to safe quality
  Cannabis in our communities and the eradication
  of black market product.
• The first stores are expected to be operational
  by fall, 2019.

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• About Peguis
• Located approximately 190 KM North of Winnipeg,
  Peguis First Nation is home to Manitobas largest
  First Nation population. In total, there are
  approximately 11,000 Peguis Band Members, which
  includes membership both on and off-reserve and
  comprising mainly of Ojibway and Cree descent.
•  About Bridging Finance Inc.
• Bridging Finance is a privately held Canadian
  company providing middle-market North American
  companies with alternatives to the financing
  options offered by traditional lenders. Lending
  proceeds, typically ranging from 3,000,000to
  50,000,000 and higher, are used by companies to
  address short-term needs such as restructuring
  existing debt, providing working capital for
  growth, supporting inventory purchases and
  financing expenditures and acquisitions/buyouts.
  Bridging Finance is the manager of the Bridging
  Income Fund LP and the Bridging Mid-Market Debt
  Fund LP, Bridging Infrastructure Fund LP, and
  Bridging Real Estate Lending Fund LP. Bridging
  Finance also offers portfolio management services
  for institutional and family office clients.
  Bridging Finances total assets under management
  are over 1.4 Billion.

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About POPCANN

• POPCANNs are the only prefabricated Cannabis
  retail stores available in the North American
  marketplace for both pop-up and permanent
  installations. POPCANNs mission is to provide
  turn-key Cannabis retail stores that rapidly
  bring legal Cannabis to traditional and
  alternative destinations.
• POPCANNs are made to solve problems for diverse
  Cannabis stakeholders, including government
  regulators and the general public. Modular
  designs enable POPCANN to bring legal Cannabis to
  northern cities, Indigenous communities, music
  festivals, and seasonal towns.
• The POPCANN Corporation, headquartered in
  Toronto, Canada, was co-founded in 2019 by
  veteran media and technology entrepreneurs
  Michael Girgis and Jake Neiman.
• For further information Media Contact Kaitlyn
  Ward, PR Account Manager, kaitlyn_at_eightyeightagenc
  y.com, 416-944-2722

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• Contact Information
• POPCANN
• Address 116 Geary Avenue, Suite 202A
• M6H 4H1 Toronto Ontario Canada
• Email info_at_popcann.com
• Phone [phone]
• Website https//popcann.com/