Williams Lake’s first cannabis retail store is set to open Friday, March 22 on land owned by the Williams Lake Indian Band near Scout Island on Mackenzie Avenue South.
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With the federal government not giving First Nations across the country jurisdiction with cannabis under Bill C-45 (the Cannabis Act), many bands, including Tk'emlups, have choosen to write its own cannabis laws while negotiating with governments.
Six Nations Elected Council has passed a law to regulate cannabis in its territory; vendors must provide band with 8 per cent of monthly sales for community projects.
SASKATOON, March 8, 2019 /CNW/ - Thunder Development Inc. ("Thunder") announces today that is has filed an early warning report in respect of its holdings in WestLeaf Inc. (the "Corporation")(TSXV: WL). Thunder previously held 16,000,000 shares in Westleaf Cannabis Inc. ("Westleaf Cannabis") which were converted into 16,000,000 shares of the Corporation as outlined in the transaction described below. Thunderchild First Nation is the sole shareholder of Thunder.
Akwesasne, Ontario-based Seven Leaf – which is also the first fully indigenous-owned and -operated licensed producer – is in the process of growing its first harvest for Health Canada approval.
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This is a collection of material recorded at the 2019 National Indigenous Cannabis and Hemp Conference in Ottawa.
A First Nation operating a cannabis dispensary without a provincial permit has laid the groundwork for taking the federal and Saskatchewan governments to court.
BY DAVID SOMMERSTEIN (REPORTER/ASST. NEWS DIRECTOR) Feb 24, 2019 — Tensions flared in Akwesasne Friday night over the sale of recreational marijuana. Mohawk police shut down a dispensary on the Canadian side of the territory for the second time in a month. But the clash is symptomatic of deeper divisions in the…
Over 300 delegates attended the second National Indigenous Cannabis and Hemp Conference (NICHC) held on the unceded territory of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan on February 19-20, 2019.