From APTN by Kenneth Jackson October 19 2026 I’m driving east along Highway 344 in the Mohawk nation of Kanehsatà:ke when I notice a silver compact SUV coming up on me quick in my rearview mirror. There’s been a light rain all morning, so it’s initially difficult to make out…
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Two members of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte say their landlords evicted their shops after Ottawa police contacted them. From The Ottawa Citizen by Matteo Cimellaro September 14 2026 The email came one day in May, 2025. Bryan Brant’s landlord said that the police had contacted him about…
From NUG Magazine by Steve May 2 2026 As the landscape of cannabis legalization continues to evolve across the United States, Indigenous communities are becoming significant players in the discussion, increasingly shaping policies not only for their own benefit but also as a broader response to historical injustices. While many…
From The Eastern Door by Marcus Bankuti and Steve Bonspiel, March 27 2026 If we offer you two knocks in the arm, and you ask for none, then naturally one is a good compromise, right? We’re seeing the results of that logic play out now with the cancellation of a…
Justice minister says new bill also allows peace officers to enforce cannabis rule From CBC via The Canadian Press by Lyndsay Armstrong February 25 2026 Nova Scotia’s former justice minister and a legal expert are raising concerns about legislation tabled Wednesday to strengthen enforcement of cannabis rules amid a crackdown…
From MMJdaily February 4 2026 In much of the US, cannabis is still framed as a regulatory puzzle. For Indigenous nations, it is also a question of sovereignty, jurisdiction, and how economic development intersects with community responsibility. On the eastern end of Long Island, Little Beach Harvest operates as a…
From The Minnesota Reformer by Mike Mosedale February 2 2026 A Minnesota court dismissed a case against an Ojibwe man who was charged with first degree felony possession of marijuana after police seized more than 7 pounds of cannabis during a raid at his reservation-based tobacco shop. In an opinion issued Monday,…
A Mi’kmaq entrepreneur and Micmac Rights Association (MRA) member was seized by the RCMP in a warrantless raid on the Peace and Friendship Trading Post, jailed overnight in oppressive conditions, and brought to court in leg irons – all without any new charges being laid – in what former National Chief Del Riley described as a “racist violation of Charter, treaty, and Indigenous governance rights.”
From CBC by Taryn Grant January 9 2026 RCMP say cannabis and human trafficking are significant issues, but no evidence of a connection Watch a video of this story here. Nova Scotia’s two largest police forces say they don’t see direct connections between human trafficking and the unregulated cannabis market…
From CTV News by Jesse Thomas December 12 2025 Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston met Friday with four Mi’kmaw chiefs as tensions continue to climb over the province’s push to crackdown on what it calls an expanding illegal cannabis market that’s operating both on-and-off First Nation reserves. A two-hour meeting…