Retired Canadian senator Dan Christmas pushing for Cannabis Act changes From CBC News by Tom Ayers May 11 2026 Membertou First Nation is pressing ahead with its own cannabis law, amid a Nova Scotia crackdown on unlicensed retail outlets and federal government indifference over self-government rights. Retired Canadian senator Dan…
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From CP24 via The Canadian Press May 8 2026 FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Indigenous Affairs minister says he isn’t worried a recent series of raids by the RCMP in three different provinces will derail his negotiations with First Nations to improve controls over the sale of cannabis products. The April…
From APTN by Jesse Staniforth May 1 2026 ‘After eight long years, we’re still dealing with the same issues,’ Dan Christmas tells senate committee. Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples listens to testimony by retired Senator Dan Christmas of Membertou First Nation discussing Indigenous issues in cannabis legalization on April 29,…
Millbrook and Sipekne’katik First Nations partially block one of the province’s busiest highways From CBC April 2 2026 More than a dozen RCMP officers were trapped behind a barricade and traffic was rerouted on a major Cape Breton highway Thursday morning as community members protested a police raid on a…
From APTN via The Canadian Press March 26 2026 The legal case of a Mi’kmaq man charged with selling unlicensed cannabis is moving ahead to a constitutional challenge. A provincial court judge has determined that Thomas Durfee’s treaty rights are not to be considered in the initial stage of the…
‘Enforcement bodies … are not permitted to carry out enforcement activities on Membertou lands,’ says document From the CBC courtesty of Devin Stevens The Canadian Press March 15 2026 An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a new resolution saying the province and RCMP have no right to carry…
From CP24 by Laura Seben March 6 2026 Numerous unlicensed cannabis dispensaries have been shutdown in Toronto following multiple police investigations. In a release on Friday, Toronto police said on Feb. 26, officers located a suspect working as an employee at an illegal dispensary in the area of Eglinton Avenue East…
From CTV News by Jennifer Huedes February 3 2026 The Nova Scotia RCMP said an inspection of an illegal storefront in Welton Landing led to the seizure of cannabis last week. Police say officers attended the storefront on the 3100 block of Highway 12 on Friday to conduct an inspection…
From NUG Magazine by Steve January 30 2026 The Role of Indigenous Communities in Canada’s Cannabis Movement and Its Influence on the United States In recent years, the cannabis movement has evolved remarkably, especially in Canada, with the legalization of recreational marijuana in 2018 marking a significant shift in public…
From CBC by Shaina Luck January 15 2026 As the province faces backlash on its directive to police agencies to step up enforcement on illegal cannabis dispensaries, it is providing only a vague explanation of how it estimated the number of dispensaries provincewide. “In early December, an initial assessment estimated…