The owners of Ottawa area Indigenous cannabis dispensaries and their supporters assert their constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty right to an economy on their unceded lands. Supporters of Indigenous rights listen as store owner Robert Fisher speaks outside of the Ottawa Police Services HQ on May 14, 2025. By Dispensing Freedom Staff…
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Kwey. We’re the 1701 Treaty Trade Council. Our website was created for information about the struggle for our rights and our upcoming events. We are also encouraging all of our friends and supporters to join us in welcoming the Royals and reminding them of their treaty obligations. We have a…
The RCMP published its targets and goals for 2024-2025 in its Departmental Plan which includes more “engagement” with Indigenous communities on cannabis. The Federal government also released the Renewal of the funding for the existing Federal framework for the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada (Horizontal initiative) the long-winded…
Since February 4th 2025 the Nova Scotia RCMP has been launching near-daily raids on Mi’kmaq-owned truckhouses belonging to members of the Micmac Rights Association. While the NS-RCMP regularly conducts raids on Indigenous truckhouses and fisheries the scale and aggressiveness of the recent raids are unprecedented. Some of the aggressive and…
From The Whig Standard by Sabrina Beford December 27 2024 The owner of the cannabis shop raided twice by Kingston Police is refusing to back down, insisting he has a constitutionally protected right to operate his business. Article content Robert Fisher Tehonikonrathe is the Indigenous owner of the MyLegacy cannabis…
From NUG Magazine by Steve December 25 2024 The relationship between Indigenous communities and cannabis is multifaceted, characterized by historical trauma, socio-economic challenges, and emerging opportunities. As legalization trends gain momentum in various parts of the world, including the United States and Canada, Indigenous communities are at a crossroads: should…
From The Eastern Door by Marcus Bankuti December 20 2024 Brooklyn Leblanc hunkered down with many other people to stand up for Kanien’kehá:ka sovereignty in what became known as the Oka Crisis. “I fought from beginning to end in 1990, in the forest every night,” he said. Now 73 years…
Kings District RCMP seized cannabis, psilocybin, and tobacco items at an unlicensed storefront and arrested a man as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. From StratCann by David Brown December 19 2024 On December 18, officers attended a cannabis storefront on Sweetgrass Rd. in Hantsport and arrested a 34-year-old…
Investors told the Northern Paiute-Shoshone-Bannock people a cannabis farm could bring money, jobs and opportunity to their community — but after the first harvests, residents said, they were sidelined by an opaque operation. Then the travel plaza burned down From The Guardian by Judith Matloff December 17 2024 It was…
From Cannabis Business Times by Staff December 16 2024 [PRESS RELEASE] Las Vegas, NV – December 2024 – Nations United, a newly formed 575e tax-exempt entity, celebrated a monumental milestone with the successful launch of Canna Collide, a networking event hosted at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas following MJBizCon. The event…