WAHNAPITAE ANISHINABEK TERRITORY – Some 45 minutes north west of Sudbury, Ontario, deep in a forest of birch trees nestled along the shores of picturesque Lake Wahnapitae, sits Creator’s Choice, the premier indigenous cannabis dispensary in Northern Ontario. Owned and operated as a family business by Derek Roque and his…
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This audio was recorded at the September 4-5 2019 AFN National Cannabis Summit at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver.
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is where the modern Indigenous cannabis movement arose, and is now home to over 35 Indigenous cannabis dispensaries. In this video, recorded Elected Band Council Chief RD Maracle speaks about his council's plans to regulate the cannabis industry in Tyendinaga through its cannabis control board and the MBQ's licensing regime. A community meeting will be held in Tyendinaga on September 12th, 2019 to discuss these matters further.
Following in the footsteps of Anishinabek Cannabis entrepreneurs in Alderville and Pikwakanagan, a group of Anishinaabe people involved in the cannabis industry on the north shore of Lake Huron are taking steps to create their own association. The group is holding a one day meeting on August 29th, 2019 in…
Here is a view of the Wiisag grow site in Chippewas of Nawash FN.
The Band Council of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation took the unprecedented step by passing zoning bylaws to completely ban cannabis operations on reserve. The bylaws were passed on July 11, 2019, and designate the entirety of the reserve as a “Special Development Zone” in which it is forbidden…
A Dispensing Freedom reader sent in this video of a massive cannabis plantation outside of Six Nations on Hwy 54.
This is a collection of material recorded at the 2019 National Indigenous Cannabis and Hemp Conference in Ottawa.
Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press Published Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:30PM EST REGINA — A First Nation operating a cannabis dispensary without a provincial permit has laid the groundwork for taking the federal and Saskatchewan governments to court. The Muscowpetung First Nation filed a statement of claim in Regina Court of…
By Leslie Logan Complex community divisions surface; opportunity for community-based, community-designed regulatory system develops The Mohawks of Akwesasne have never shied away from economic opportunity, even if it involved risk. When the Canadian government legalized medical cannabis and then moved towards legalizing recreational marijuana across its ten provinces and three…