‘The province wants obviously direct control of anything and everything,’ Dennis Meeches says CBC News • Jul 04, 2021 The chief of a First Nation being sued by the province over the operation of a cannabis store on its treaty lands says the legal action has nothing to do with health…
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By David Brown, Stratcann, July 2, 2021. Manitoba’s Attorney General announced today they have brought a lawsuit seeking to shut down an unlicensed retailer operating in the province. The lawsuit seeks an interim and permanent injunction against Indigenous Bloom Long Plain GP and its owners, Long Plain First Nation, and Indigenous Bloom…
The Songhees First Nation opened the first of two cannabis retail stores in downtown Victoria on Friday. Seed & Stone Songhees Edition at 901 Gordon St. From Times Colonist by Darron Kloster June 26 2021 The Songhees First Nation opened the first of two cannabis retail stores in downtown Victoria…
Chief Del Riley, Constitutional negotiator and former National Indian Brotherhood President, tours Medicine Wheel in Alderville First Nation and sits down for a conversation about cannabis and Indigenous sovereignty with Rob Stevenson.
From RealPeoples.Media EDITORIAL June 18, 2021 SIX NATIONS – On June 9, 2021 elected Chief Mark Hill and the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian Act Elected Band Council passed a new version of their “cannabis law” that will come “into force” on June 21, 2021. The law is a brazen attempt by elected…
Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation is seeking political support from Town of Gibsons council for “preferential opportunities” for cannabis retail in the municipality. From Coast Reporter by Sophie Woodrooffe June 17 2021 Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation is seeking political support from Town of Gibsons council for “preferential opportunities” for cannabis retail in the municipality.…
From The Register-Guard by Julie Fahey June 15 2021 When Oregon voters passed Measure 91 in 2014, our state was ahead of the curve in legalizing recreational cannabis. As a freshman legislator, I served on the Joint Committee on Marijuana Regulation, which designed our system of regulation and taxation for…
From Portage Online by Josh Jackson June 4 2021 Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries announced Thursday morning that it is ending its retailer agreement with NAC Long Plain Limited Partnership for the Meta Cannabis Supply Co., located at 420 Madison Street in Winnipeg. The termination follows last month’s suspension at this…
From Montana Standard by Paul Hamby & Rob Chaney May 27 2021 The Montana Legislature has ended this year with several bills making their way to Gov. Greg Gianforte that will have a lasting effect in the state’s Indian Country. Throughout the 2021 legislative session, 12 Indigenous people took their…
Trading in indigenous plants is good business, it’s worth an estimated R270-million a year with a consumer base of more than 26-million. From SABC News by Lerato Fekisi May 23 2021 Trading in traditional medicine is a multi-million rand business in South Africa. However, the practice is still very much…