From lfpress.com Original Article by Dale Carruthers June 4 2020 Police raided a half-dozen black market cannabis dispensaries on the outskirts of an Indigenous community southwest of London Thursday. Members of the OPP joint forces cannabis enforcement team searched six illegal pot shops on Carriage Road in Middlesex Centre at…
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The Witset First Nation is exercising their right to determine their own cannabis laws. From hightimes.com original article by Addisson Herron-Wheeler June 3 2020 A new dispensary is set to open in Witset, a First Nation located near British Columbia, and those running it plan to operate under the guidance of Witset…
Williams Lake Indian Band’s farm-to-gate store will be built on First Nations land within city limits From wltribune.com Original Article by Monica Labm-Yorski June 3 2020 Williams Lake city council is going ahead with plans to gather community input on a cannabis cultivation facility the Williams Lake Indian Band (WLIB)…
First Nation says it is their constitutional right to govern cultivation and sale of marijuana From BcLocalNews.com Original Article June 1 2020 The Interior News has learned a new cannabis shop scheduled to open soon in Witset — with a cultivation plant to follow — will operate outside federal and provincial…
At the Psychedelic Liberty Summit, many voiced concerns over land conservation, the peyote sacrament, and the role of native voices in legislative reform. From DoubleBlind Mag by Madison Margolin May 28 2020 DoubleBlind Mag is devoted to fair, rigorous reporting by leading experts and journalists in the field of psychedelics.…
Tupa’s Joint offers Indigenous cannabis products along with traditional First Nations medicines From VernonMorningStar.com Original Article by Brendan Shykora may 23 2020 The grand opening of Tupa’s Joint in downtown Vernon looked different than that of most other cannabis dispensaries, commencing with an Elder-led prayer, a drumming performance and a…
Frustrations aired at city council meeting draw ire of WLIB From wltribune.com Original Article by Monica Lamb-Yorski May 7 2020 Mounting tensions between the City of Williams Lake and Williams Lake Indian Band (WLIB) came to a head publicly this week after a city councillor and the mayor aired frustrations during an…
From oliverchronicle.com Original Article by Sophie Gray May 2 2020 The local cannabis business is not suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the Oliver and Osoyoos Indigenous Bloom stores are reporting a 28 percent increase in sales since the pandemic hit. The cannabis industry was declared an essential service…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: There are two indigenous cannabis meetings coming up in Atikameksheng. On Sunday January 19 there will be a public meeting at 37 Reserve Rd at the Community Centre in Atikameksheng. Del Riley will be in attendance to explain how Section 25 and Section 35 of the constitution protect the Aboriginal…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: There are two indigenous cannabis meetings happening in the Sault Ste Marie area in the next few days. This evening January 16 at 6pm on 55 Bish Rd in Thessalon First Nation Del Riley will be giving a talk on Sections 25 and 35 of the Canadian Constitution and…