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Bud Empire

Season 1
In this seven part series, History Canada's Bud Empire follows Bob Kay, one of Canada's most charismatic marijuana advocates. An uncompromising, wily entrepreneur who's leading the charge in this nascent, high stakes world. But the road to success is no easy journey with the law still looming large over a grey industry that is only quasi-legal.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Be Kind
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    February 2, 2017
    22min
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    With City Hall trying to shut down his medical marijuana dispensary, Bob tries to persuade politicians against closing his doors and letting big retail take over.
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  2. S1 E2 - 4:20
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    February 9, 2017
    22min
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    Heading to the "420 Festival" in Vancouver, Bob and his team compete with hundreds of other vendors to sell $15,000 worth of Be Kind pot products in order to break even.
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  3. S1 E3 - Grow Your Own
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    February 16, 2017
    22min
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    Vancouver-based pot grower Jo Le visits Kelowna to check out potential locations big enough to fit his and Bob's ambitious marijuana grow-op partnership plans.
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  4. S1 E4 - Edible Overload
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    February 23, 2017
    22min
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    Negative stigmas have Santa refusing to let Bob's kids sit on his lap at a Christmas event and the gang mistakenly puts too much cannabis oil in a batch of treats.
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  5. S1 E5 - Sticky Fingers
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    March 2, 2017
    22min
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    Bob and Christie look for a new location, Christie asks for a long-overdue raise, and inventory goes missing at Be Kind, turning everyone into a suspect.
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  6. S1 E6 - City Spliffers
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    March 9, 2017
    22min
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    With business booming, Bob takes his mom car shopping, and looks to expand to Vancouver. Cathy struggles to keep popular product shatter on the shelves.
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  7. S1 E7 - Generation Bud
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    March 16, 2017
    22min
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    Bob and Kaleb visit a cannabis expo in Toronto and Canada's largest public pot company. Seeing big potential with the recreational market looming, Bob makes a play for Jo's Vancouver location.
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Subtitles
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Directors
Trish Dolman
Cast
Bob KayJo Le
Studio
Magnolia Pictures
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