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…
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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 Candid Chronicle by Michael Sands June 16 2021 Steel cranes continue to load containers full of raw tobacco leaves into ship holds in the bustling Indian Ocean port of Beira, Mozambique, ready for export to processing companies throughout the world. However, as smoking becomes less popular around the…
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 SaltWire by Richard McKenzie June 4 2021 MILLBROOK, N.S. — Five people are facing a variety of drug-related charges following police raids at three unlicensed cannabis shops in Millbrook on Wednesday (June 2). Although upwards of 10 such cannabis stores have been operating unhampered for some time on the…
From CISION by Indigencomics Institute June 3 2021 VANCOUVER, BC, June 3, 2021 /CNW/ – The Indigenomics Institute recently unleashed the $100 billion national Indigenous economic agenda setting the stage for the forward-looking growth and design of the Indigenous economy. Indigenomics is about Indigenous people driving business success at every level from major projects…
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…
From Phoenix New Times by Niki D’Andrea May 27, 2021 Cannabis advocates took their protests about the state’s “social equity” dispensary licenses to the Arizona State Capitol on Thursday morning, in a small rally that drew about two dozen people, including representatives from activist groups Arizona NORML and Our Arizona.…
From Merritt Herald by Jake Courtepatte May 27 2021 Merritt City Council has approved public consultation for a new cannabis shop. Unity Cannabis, the first cannabis shop owned by an Indigenous reserve in Canada and based out of Williams Lake, is looking to set up shop at the Adelphi Hotel.…
‘Exhausting’ dispute involves a local MP, the regional district, mad residents, lawyers, ministries, the land commission and more. From The Tyee by Katie Hyslop May 25 2021 A 10-minute drive north of Port Alberni and along the banks of Beaver Creek lies the unincorporated community known as Beaver Creek. Despite…