From Frequency by Bill MacCuish July 15 2026 Listen to the podcast here. A Cannabis store owner in a Cape Breton First Nation is speaking out after the province recently announced higher fines and new offences for sellers and buyers in the illegal market. A person selling cannabis in Nova…
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From APTN by Cierra Bettens May 15 2026 Amid RCMP raids on unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in Mi’kma’ki, some First Nations leaders are calling for changes to Canada’s Cannabis Act. This week on InFocus, APTN online reporter Jesse Staniforth, who wrote a story about what some leaders are calling for to clarify the…
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…
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.”
24 hours after the RCMP unlawfully raided Top Shelf Cannabis, over 100 outraged community members protested in front of the Millbrook detachment office seeking answers as to who authorized the raid. By Dispensing Freedom Staff MILLBROOK FIRST NATION – The day after the RCMP raided the Top Shelf Trading Post…
RCMP escalate their violent campaign of treaty breaking by unlawfully raiding Top Shelf Treaty Truck House in Millbrook First Nation with hands on guns. By Dispensing Freedom Staff MILLBROOK FIRST NATION – On July 30, 2025, officers from the Millbrook and Bible Hill RCMP detachments raided the Top Shelf Treaty…
The RCMP published its targets and goals for 2024-2025 in its Departmental Plan which includes more “engagement” with Indigenous communities on cannabis. The Federal government also released the Renewal of the funding for the existing Federal framework for the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada (Horizontal initiative) the long-winded…
From The Globe & Mail by Ryan Hook November 30 2023 On Alderville First Nation – a reserve south of Roseneath, Ont. – a dozen cannabis stores make up a short stretch of Highway 45, in what’s been dubbed “The Green Mile.” Since Canada legalized cannabis in 2018, the sector’s…
Fisherman Cody Caplin is self-representing in a court battle over Mi’kmaq fishing rights; six days of trial are scheduled in December. CAMPBELLTON, NB – On October 12th, 2023, Mi’kmaw fisherman Cody Caplin appeared in court to fight an attempt by Crown prosecutor Denis Lavoie to summarily dismiss his constitutional challenge as “manifestly frivolous.”…