The Onkwehonweh-Neha Kanonhsesne’s entry into cannabis retailing could be worthy of certain consideration if it weren’t so circumspect and convenient.
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Advocating for a First Nation’s interests: Like many First Nations right now, Sawridge is considering the opportunities around cannabis businesses since legalization of the product for recreational purposes came into force in October.
A cannabis store that opened recently near Lake Country is operating without a licence. According to the province, in order to operate cannabis stores must obtain a provincial licence
First Nation has close to $50M invested in cannabis industry: The First Nation was looking for economic opportunities and discovered the retail side of the cannabis industry was going to be the most lucrative.
Three Sudbury-area men have been charged with selling pot illegally after police raided shops in Henvey Inlet, south of the city.
After executing two search warrants in Wahnapitae First Nation Thursday, Ontario Provincial Police along with Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team, the North East Region Community Street Crimes Unit, West Parry Sound Crime Unit and the detatchment carried out two more on dispensaries in Henvey Inlet First Nations on Friday.
Six people have been charged following two separate drug raids on the Wahnapitae First Nation.
Ontario Provincial Police say that members of the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team along with members of the Anishinabek Police Service made several arrests and laid charges in connection with what they call two illegal cannabis stores on Wahnapitae First Nation.
Quebec’s cannabis retailers are struggling to get by on their own supply. Some customers are turning to unregulated dispensaries on Indigenous territory.
A northern Ontario Indigenous community has become the first to ban the province's monopoly pot delivery service from its territory, a move that at least one Southwestern Ontario First Nation - and maybe more - is looking to follow.