Aurora Sky and Aurora Sun

{{Short description|Canadian cannabis growing greenhouse}}

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|location=Edmonton International Airport, Leduc County, Alberta

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|building_type=Greenhouse

| floor_area = up to {{convert|1600000|sqft|abbr=on}}

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|location=Box Springs Business Park, Medicine Hat, Alberta

| groundbreaking_date =2018

| stop_date = November 2019

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|main_contractor=Dawson Wallace Construction

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|cost=CAD 130 million

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Aurora Sky and Aurora Sun are Canadian greenhouses originally built to grow cannabis Both were constructed by the firm Aurora Cannabis following the complete legalization of cannabis in Canada in 2018. The company calls them "Sky class" facilities.

Aurora Sky is a 100,000 kg per year, {{convert|800,000|sqft|abbr=on}} cannabis growing greenhouse on Edmonton International Airport property in Leduc County, Alberta.{{citation|title=Leduc County to be home to 'world's largest' legal marijuana grow op|publisher=CBC News|date= December 1, 2016|url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/aurora-sky-medical-marijuana-leduc-county-1.3877084}} Construction broke ground in June 2017, and it was completed in January 2019.{{cite news|title=Huge marijuana production facility near Edmonton airport breaks ground|author=Michelle LePage|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|date=June 17, 2017 |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/business/commercial-real-estate/marijuana-production-facility-near-edmonton-airport-breaks-ground}}{{cite news|title=Aurora Cannabis plant working to contain skunky smell at Edmonton airport|author=Daniela Germano|date=April 24, 2019|publisher=Global News|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5197159/aurora-cannabis-edmonton-international-airport-smell/}} The company closed the Aurora Sun facility in 2020 and reduced its operations at Aurora Sky after several layoffs.{{cite web |title=Aurora Cannabis laying off 214 workers, chief science officer to retire |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/aurora-cannabis-cuts-alberta-1.5843385 |website=CBC News}}

Construction on a 50% to 100% larger facility, Aurora Sun, at in Medicine Hat,[https://majorprojects.alberta.ca/details/Aurora-Sun-Cannabis-Production-Facility/3646 Aurora Sun Cannabis Production Facility], Government of Alberta major projects map, accessed April 29, 2020 was "paused" in late 2019.{{cite news|title=Aurora Cannabis sees revenue decline, pauses southern Alberta facility |author=Anna Junker|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|date=November 16, 2019|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/cannabis/cannabis-business/aurora-cannabis-sees-revenue-decline-pauses-southern-alberta-facility}} If construction were completed, Sun would become the largest cannabis greenhouse in the world.{{cite news|title=Aurora already expanding in the Hat|newspaper= Medicine Hat News |author=Collin Gallant |date=April 11, 2019|url= https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2019/04/11/aurora-already-expanding-in-the-hat/}}

In May 2022, Aurora announced it would close Aurora Sky.{{cite web |last1=Mertz |first1=Emily |title=Aurora Cannabis to close Aurora Sky facility in Edmonton |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8831369/aurora-sky-cannabis-facility-edmonton-closure/ |website=Global News |access-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610085035/https://globalnews.ca/news/8831369/aurora-sky-cannabis-facility-edmonton-closure/osure/ |archive-date=10 June 2023 |date=12 May 2022}} Aurora acquired a majority stake in greenhouse company BevoAgtech, which took over both the Sky and Sun facilities to produce orchids and starter vegetables in 2023.{{cite news |last1=DesChamps |first1=Terra |title=Facing a tough market, Canadian pot producers are diversifying — into orchids, beer and veggies |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/aurora-cannabis-alberta-edmonton-canada-marijuana-1.6998783 |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=CBC News |agency=Canadian Press |date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115230248/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/aurora-cannabis-alberta-edmonton-canada-marijuana-1.6998783 |archive-date=15 November 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Gallant |first1=Colin |title=Aurora Sun transferred to subsidiary that sells ornamental flowers, starter vegetables |url=https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2023/07/25/aurora-sun-transferred-to-subsidiary-that-sells-ornamental-flowers-starter-vegetables/|access-date=21 March 2024 |work=Medicine Hat News |date=25 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321020042/https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2023/07/25/aurora-sun-transferred-to-subsidiary-that-sells-ornamental-flowers-starter-vegetables/ |archive-date=21 March 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Bedard |first1=David |title=Aurora buys control of major B.C. hothouse veg firm |url=https://www.agcanada.com/daily/aurora-buys-control-of-major-b-c-hothouse-veg-firm |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=AgCanada.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711183238/https://www.agcanada.com/daily/aurora-buys-control-of-major-b-c-hothouse-veg-firm |archive-date=11 July 2023}}