A taste like nothing else: Indigenous-owned cannery is last on B.C.s coast – BC [Video]

It’s a success story that’s lasted over six decades.

St. Jean’s Cannery & Smokehouse based in Nanaimo still hand-packs products, just like founder Armand St. Jean once did after starting the business in his backyard.

“It’s a level of craftsmanship that really doesn’t exist in this industry anymore,” CEO Steve Hughes told Global’s This is BC.

“We make products in traditional ways. We do it in our operation with people that care.”

The business is the last standing cannery on Canada’s West Coast.

“We were very fortunate to come into the purchase of this back at the end of 2015,” said Aniitsachist, president of Nuu-chah-nulth Seafood L.P.

Since then, the cannery has been owned by five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

“A lot of the things that we do are based on our …