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Cannabis and Hemp Conference Sees Jurisdiction as Major Issue

NetnewsLedger 22 November 2018 by James Murray in Anishinaabe Treaty No.7 (Calgary, AB.)  – The first ever National Indigenous Cannabis and Hemp Conference at Tsuut’inaNation attracted approximately 500 participants and resulted in a common goal of working together to stake claim in the growing need of Cannabis and Hemp. “The issue of jurisdiction is…

Growing pains continue for Sask.’s pot industry: licences and supplies

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.

First Nations consider questions of profit — and sovereignty — at first national Indigenous cannabis conference

By BRENNAN DOHERTY StarMetro Calgary Mon., Nov. 19, 2018 CALGARY—Cashing in on the “green wave” of Canada’s recreational cannabis industry is as much a question of sovereignty as it is profit for some First Nations communities and entrepreneurs. Roughly a month after the Canadian government legalized recreational cannabis, hundreds of delegates filled…