Pair of Canadian marijuana firms eye initial public offering The Globe and Mail Tilray, based in Naniamo, B.C., which produces about 20,000 kilograms of cannabis annually, is also expected to go public by the end of March. The company was founded in 2013, and in the past, it tapped federal government financing for medical-marijuana research. Tilray is controlled by Privateer ... Virus-free. www.avg.com