From MJ Brand Insights by Macey Wolfer November 24 2021 The cannabis industry grows each day but one thing remains glaringly unchanged since its inception: it’s mostly white. This is nothing new, and it represents a larger issue across just about every industry existing in the United States and Canada.…
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Chief Del Riley, Hereditary Crane Clan Chief, former leader of the National Indian Brotherhood, past president of the Union of Ontario Indians, and past chairman of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples is doing a speaking tour to discuss the constitutionally protected Aboriginal right to cannabis. Chief Riley will be…
In his book How Europe underdeveloped Africa, Pan-African, historian, Walter Rodney defines culture, “A culture is a total way of life. It embraces what people ate and what they wore; the way they walked and the way they talked; the manner in which they treated death and greeted the newborn.” From…
The rollout of the cannabis retail market has failed communities gravely affected by drug laws prior to legalization, advocates say. From The Toronto Star by Danica Samuel June 29 2021 Tyler James, community outreach co-ordinator at Cannabis Amnesty, says that the system ought to consider the cannabis industry’s past, present…
Community Safety Unit confirmed it was in the Okanagan this week From Revelstoke Review by Black Press Media Staff June 25 2021 Two Okanagan cannabis stores were reportedly raided and shut down this week. The Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General confirmed that the Community Safety Unit (CSU) was…
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.
An interview with Kristina Lopez Adduci, cannabis entrepreneur From Jezebel by Shannon Melero June 23 2021 Kristina Lopez Adduci, the Jersey-born Puerto Rican founder of a cannabis accessory company called House of Puff, has long believed in the usefulness of cannabis, and she has built her business to highlight the beauty…
Unique cannabis agreements enable First Nations to break new ground in taking control of their economic destiny From BIV by Hayley Woodin June 23 2021 Last year, Williams Lake First Nation became the first Indigenous community to ink a government-to-government deal under B.C.’s Cannabis Control and Licensing Act. The agreement…
Survey shows most Manitobans see private-sector inclusion of Indigenous firms as important path forward From Winnipeg Free Press by Temur Durrani June 19 2021 Seven out of 10 Manitobans believe private-sector support for Indigenous businesses is an important pathway to healing Canada’s relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.…
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…