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Tilt brings New York tribe’s cannabis brand to Massachusetts

From MJ Biz Daily December 2 2022 Tilt Holdings is launching Little Beach Harvest, a cannabis brand developed in partnership with New York’s Shinnecock Indian Nation, in its home state of Massachusetts. According to a news release, members of the Long Island-based Shinnecock Nation assisted Tilt’s cultivation team with strain selection…

Health Canada gets backlash from industry experts for cannabis act review panel member selection

The panel will be composed of 3 substance use and addiction experts and 2 lawyers From Mugglehead Magazine by Natalia Buendia Calvillo November 25 2022 Canadian health ministers have announced the experts that will be part of the panel on the legislative review of the cannabis act. However, some experts…

Government of Canada announces Expert Panel members conducting the Legislative Review of the Cannabis Act

From Yahoo! Finance via Canada News Wire November 24 2022 OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 24, 2022 /CNW/ – Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced the members of the Expert Panel on the legislative review of the Cannabis…

Cannabis Harvest Gathering conference expected to draw delegates from Canada and U.S.

From Castanet by Jon Manchester November 18 2022 Canadian and U.S. Indigenous leaders are expected to take part in a conference in Vernon this weekend discussing First Nations’ future in the multibillion-dollar cannabis industry. The Cannabis Harvest Gathering takes place Friday through Sunday at the Vernon Lodge and Syilx Okanagan Trading Post.…

Zoom Meeting with Chief Riley and Stacy Amikwabi: Cannabis, the Rowan Proclamation, and the rights of Band Councils

The Rowan Proclamation of 1854 builds on the Royal Proclamation of 1763, and defends and protects Indigenous property and business on unceded Indian lands. On November 24th, 2022 join 420 North, Flint and Flower, and media sponsors Dispensing Freedom and Real People’s Media to discuss attempts by Indian Act Band…

First Nations fight ‘systemic exclusion’ in Canadian cannabis industry

From MJ Biz Daily by Matt Lamers November 11 2022 Some Indigenous leaders believe they’ve been largely excluded from Canada’s multibillion-dollar legal cannabis retail and cultivation industry. That’s the message Indigenous leaders delivered last month at a Senate committee studying the implementation of the country’s federal cannabis law. At the…

Indigenous Cannabis Policy Summit Set For Nov. 15-16 In D.C.

The National Indigenous Policy Summit convenes tribal leaders, advocates and policymakers to discuss weed legalization From Leaf Magazine by Steve Elliot November 10 2022 The National Indigenous Cannabis Policy Summit will take place Nov. 15-16 in Washington D.C. The event will bring together Tribal leaders, elected and government officials, business, healthcare, veterans groups, and…

Supporters join Chris Googoo at courthouse to defend Micmac Sovereignty and Treaty Rights

DARTMOUTH, NS – Over 40 people accompanied Chris Googoo to his court date at the Dartmouth courthouse on October 11th, 2022. Googoo, an Elected Councillor and entrepreneur in Millbrook First Nation, is raising a constitutional challenge to defend his Aboriginal and Treaty rights to sell cannabis on unceded Indian lands after his shop was raided by the RCMP. Councillor Googoo’s shop in Cole Harbour was raided along with several others on December 23rd, 2020. He was charged under the Cannabis Act with “possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling,” and “possession for the purpose of distributing cannabis.”