by Tom Blackwell, The National Post, March 15, 2016 Sandra Thorkelson sees them huddled outside the addiction clinic opposite her bank in North Bay, Ont., and knows a surprising number personally. They are patients on methadone treatment, though some admit to Thorkelson their daily dose of the synthetic opioid is…
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by Natasha MacDonald-Dupuis, CBC News, August 13, 2015 Forget about weight watchers; new research out of Nunavik suggests the secret to a slim figure might be… marijuana. Recently, researchers from Quebec looked into why levels of Type 2 diabetes were so low among Inuit. The study, called “Cannabis use in relation to…
PHOTO: Waterloo Regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin, who serves as president of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, was in Toronto to warn drug users about buying their weed from illegal sources. (Ed Middleton/CBC News ) By CBC Toronto, Mar 13, 2018 With legalization on the horizon, chiefs hope to…
As legal pot looms, First Nations seek a piece of the action: Near the historic native village of Kitwancool in northern B.C., the hereditary chief of the Gitanyow frog clan has his eye on an old logging site that could be the perfect place to grow
Eleven days after opening, a marijuana dispensary in Curve Lake was closed down by the community's police force.
On Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory on the shores of Lake Ontario, dead centre between Toronto and Montreal, there are more than 20 pot dispensaries and at least 30 smoke shacks selling cheap cigarettes.
The council of Akwesasne has decided to take another path towards settling its issues with cannabis stores in the community
Fort McMurray group planning one of Canada's first Indigenous cannabis operations: Fort McMurray #468 First Nation hopes to start construction of a plant in May on its land near Gregoire Lake, about 50 km southeast of Fort McMurray
On the outside, still wanting in: The Manitoba Metis Federation also responded to the province’s RFP for cannabis stores through its business arm, Métis N4 Construction, says Jack Park, the federation’s minister of energy and infrastructure.
Islander charged with pot possession: As a result of the investigation, Brent Kells-Sagon, 34, of Zhiibaahaasing First Nation, has been charged with possession of marijuana under 30 grams.