An appeal raising fourteen grounds leads to a new trial after the Nova Scotia Supreme Court finds a “miscarriage of justice” in Darren Marshall’s prosecution. By Dispensing Freedom staff The Cannabis Act and Excise Act convictions of Micmac Rights Association member Darren Marshall Jr. of Millbrook First Nation, have been…
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From APTN by Kenneth Jackson October 19 2026 I’m driving east along Highway 344 in the Mohawk nation of Kanehsatà:ke when I notice a silver compact SUV coming up on me quick in my rearview mirror. There’s been a light rain all morning, so it’s initially difficult to make out…
From CBC by Jack Pringle September 16 2026 More than $2.8 million in illicit cannabis plants and processed cannabis have been seized from an illegal grow operation on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in eastern Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say the Tyendinaga Police Service launched an investigation into “an illicit cannabis production…
Two members of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte say their landlords evicted their shops after Ottawa police contacted them. From The Ottawa Citizen by Matteo Cimellaro September 14 2026 The email came one day in May, 2025. Bryan Brant’s landlord said that the police had contacted him about…
A resident reported about 20 police officers and a tactical vehicle outside the building before sunrise. From The London Free Press by Dale Carruthers August 12 2026 ONEIDA – An early-morning raid on a north London apartment building is linked to an investigation into an alleged drug-making operation on this Indigenous…
From Frequency by Bill MacCuish July 15 2026 Listen to the podcast here. A Cannabis store owner in a Cape Breton First Nation is speaking out after the province recently announced higher fines and new offences for sellers and buyers in the illegal market. A person selling cannabis in Nova…
From APTN by Cierra Bettens May 15 2026 Amid RCMP raids on unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in Mi’kma’ki, some First Nations leaders are calling for changes to Canada’s Cannabis Act. This week on InFocus, APTN online reporter Jesse Staniforth, who wrote a story about what some leaders are calling for to clarify the…
Retired Canadian senator Dan Christmas pushing for Cannabis Act changes From CBC News by Tom Ayers May 11 2026 Membertou First Nation is pressing ahead with its own cannabis law, amid a Nova Scotia crackdown on unlicensed retail outlets and federal government indifference over self-government rights. Retired Canadian senator Dan…
From CP24 via The Canadian Press May 8 2026 FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Indigenous Affairs minister says he isn’t worried a recent series of raids by the RCMP in three different provinces will derail his negotiations with First Nations to improve controls over the sale of cannabis products. The April…
From NUG Magazine by Steve May 2 2026 As the landscape of cannabis legalization continues to evolve across the United States, Indigenous communities are becoming significant players in the discussion, increasingly shaping policies not only for their own benefit but also as a broader response to historical injustices. While many…