From APTNNews.ca by Odette Auger April 21 2021 Port Alberni community members are protesting the Beaver Creek location of a 57,000 square foot medical marijuana. Those running a healing centre for Indigenous families are concerned that a huge cannabis production facility set to be built across the street will threaten…
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From timescolonist.com by Darren Closter April 21 2021 On a day recognized around the world for smoking and celebrating cannabis, the Songhees First Nation swung open the doors of a new retail enterprise it says will provide jobs and a fresh economic stream for its community. On a day recognized…
From shepherdexpress.com by Shelia Julson April 20 2021 Design and marketing entrepreneur Rob Pero has launched Canndigenous, a Native American owned cannabidiol (CBD) hemp company in Wisconsin. Pero is a member of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The Canndigenous product line includes tinctures, six different strains…
From WLTribune.com by Rebecca Dyok April 18 2021 Development continues on B.C.’s first farm to gate cannabis facility in Williams Lake. Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) director of legal and corporate services Kirk Dressler said construction is nearing completion and that it will take about three months to get through…
From PRNNewsWire.com PRESS RELEASE by ZA Group April 15 2021 NAPLES, Fla., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ZA Group Inc. (OTC: ZAAG) is excited to announce that our subsidiary, Econic Crop Solutions Inc, has purchased a Bellanca Cruisair fixed-wing Aircraft, valued at roughly $100,000. The craft will serve as an extremely valuable asset,…
Retail store going great says manager Raymond Aldred From WLTribune.com by Rebecca Dyok April 12 2021 Lhtako Dené Nation is seeking to expand its marijuana footprint. The First Nation south of Quesnel is actively pursuing an agreement that will support the operation of a cannabis production facility. The move comes…
Indigenous Bloom and Stz’uminus First Nation partner to provide First Nations cannabis opportunities
Indigenous Bloom and Stz’uminus First Nation partner to provide First Nations cannabis opportunities
Stz’uminus First Nation is a 51 percent owner of the Oyster Bay store From LadySmithChronicle.com by Cole Schliser March 26 2021 Indigenous Bloom is the Ladysmith area’s newest retail cannabis store. And Stz’uminus First Nation — which owns a 51 percent stake in the location — sees Indigenous Bloom as…
Okanagan Indian Band member has been fined by the province and asked not to sell weed in Vernon From CBC.ca by Winston Szeto March 25 2021 An Okanagan Indian Band member says the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) adopted by the B.C. government means he doesn’t need…
High Country News and Searchlight New Mexico confirmed that Dineh Benally, who set up illegal ventures on the Navajo Nation, attempts new operations in South Dakota. From HCN.org by Wufei Yu and Ed Williams March 22 2021 This story was produced in collaboration with Searchlight New Mexico. Last year, Dineh Benally,…
Some Indigenous leaders see the upcoming three-year review of federal pot laws as a chance for a new deal From CBC.ca by Erik White February 26, 2021 Three years ago, before the federal government legalized cannabis, you could buy it on many First Nations in Ontario. In some cases, these pot shops were…