Cannabis count: Who’s in and who’s not in Indigenous country? all about the new economic, political and cultural landscape unfolding in the wake of cannabis’ legalization in Canada, information about how Indigenous communities were reacting
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Some of our communities have attracted private sector partners to help us grow, process, package and wholesale cannabis, producing hundreds of sustainable jobs. Retail stores will follow which will help the provincial government realize its goal of reasonable access to cannabis for all Manitobans.
First Nations hoped for role in establishing Manitoba pot tax: The leader of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) says the organization was “never consulted in a meaningful way” about a recently announced provincial tax on the future revenue of cannabis
Drug bust on Sandy Bay First Nation. MFNP Service members located and seized approximately 800 grams of a substance believed to be marijuana, approximately 50 grams of a substance believed to be cocaine
The Look North Indigenous Economy Report distributed at a conference in Thompson April 10 is a tool to demonstrate the contributions that northern Indigenous people make to the province’s economy as well as to establish a baselines for future economic comparisons.
First Nations invested in marijuana selected to open Manitoba retail stores “This is an emerging market and it’s no different than the fur trade a couple hundred years ago where Indigenous people would benefit from that industry,”
First Nations invested in marijuana selected to open Manitoba retail stores: National Access Cannabis is a company, which has teamed up with Brokenhead, Longplain, Peguis, Nelson House and Opaskwayak First Nations.
These four companies have won bids to sell legal weed in Manitoba - National Access Cannabis, a chain of medical cannabis clinics that already operate across Manitoba and other provinces.