Ontario Provincial Police say that members of the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team along with members of the Anishinabek Police Service made several arrests and laid charges in connection with what they call two illegal cannabis stores on Wahnapitae First Nation.
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Quebec’s cannabis retailers are struggling to get by on their own supply. Some customers are turning to unregulated dispensaries on Indigenous territory.
A northern Ontario Indigenous community has become the first to ban the province's monopoly pot delivery service from its territory, a move that at least one Southwestern Ontario First Nation - and maybe more - is looking to follow.
Mississauga First Nation Chief Reg Niganobe says the decision to go ahead with the establishment of a band-owned and operated cannabis retail store was based upon the input of community members in the months leading up to legalization.
Sarnia police arrested four people and seized more than $121,000 worth of cannabis, edibles and cash from the Pot of Gold Medicals and Edibles store south of Sarnia, in the Aamjiwnaang First Nation.
Two people are facing drug charges after police raided an illegal pot dispensary in Chippewa of the Thames First Nation.
In Ontario, where you can only legally buy weed from the province’s online store, dispensaries on First Nations are largely operating without interference from the state.
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his government will enforce a cannabis retailers’ fee on First Nations store owners in the new year, setting up another potential clash with Indigenous leaders.
Many First Nations are looking to benefit from cannabis legalization, often by partnering with existing licensed producers. But some are going further, arguing that they have the inherent right to produce and sell cannabis on their reserves, regardless of federal and provincial laws
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation celebrated the opening of Manitoba’s northernmost cannabis store on Wednesday, when it cut the ribbon on a Meta Cannabis Supply Co. location in Thompson.