The first legal recreational cannabis store on a Winnipeg urban reserve began operation Friday with the opening of a Meta Cannabis Supply Co. retail outlet at the Long Plain Madison Reserve at 420 Madison Street near Polo Park.
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The Pineland Forest Nursery near Hadashville that operated as a government-owned tree-growing operation for 65 years is, literally, going to pot.
Wahupta Ventures Inc. today announced that it has entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Enigma Enterprises Inc. Wahupta has committed to an investment amount of $2,000,000 to be paid over a six month period in exchange for a 10% ownership in Enigma Enterprises Inc which owns Colombian subsidiary Milagro Pharmaceuticals S.A.S.
The draft Kahnawake Cannabis Control Law hearing last Tuesday (November 20) night followed a news release from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake condemning disruptive actions during meetings.
The Six Nations Nations elected-band council is proposing a minimum age of 21 to use, grow, distribute and sell recreational marijuana in its territory. That's older than Ontario's threshold of 19 for pot in Canada's new legalized landscape.
The chief of a First Nation operating an unlicensed cannabis store says another meeting is planned with the Saskatchewan government on the issue.
In a two-page letter addressed to Chief Anthony Cappo of Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation, SLGA regulatory services division vice-president Fiona Cribb said the SLGA and provincial government officials would be willing to meet with the First Nation to discuss its cannabis store, but stopped short of threatening any action.
National Access Cannabis Corp. ("NAC" or the "Company") (TSXV: META), a best-practices leader in delivering secure, safe, and responsible access to legal cannabis in Canada, today announced that another eight NewLeaf Cannabis™ ("NewLeaf") retail locations have received cannabis retail licenses and are expected to open this week in Alberta and one new Meta Cannabis Supply Co™ ("META") store has received a cannabis retail license and is expected to open this week in Manitoba. The addition of nine new stores more than doubles the national number of NAC-owned and licensed cannabis retail stores to 17 — the most of any cannabis retailer in the country, excluding the Government of New Brunswick.
Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff ordered senior political aides to direct police to raid outlaw cannabis stores the day marijuana became legal and to show "people in handcuffs," the Toronto Star has learned.
Saskatchewan's justice minister is to meet next week with the chief of a First Nation that has opened an unlicensed cannabis store.