The RCMP published its targets and goals for 2024-2025 in its Departmental Plan which includes more “engagement” with Indigenous communities on cannabis. The Federal government also released the Renewal of the funding for the existing Federal framework for the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada (Horizontal initiative) the long-winded…
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Since February 4th 2025 the Nova Scotia RCMP has been launching near-daily raids on Mi’kmaq-owned truckhouses belonging to members of the Micmac Rights Association. While the NS-RCMP regularly conducts raids on Indigenous truckhouses and fisheries the scale and aggressiveness of the recent raids are unprecedented. Some of the aggressive and…
From The Eastern Door by Marcus Bankuti December 20 2024 Brooklyn Leblanc hunkered down with many other people to stand up for Kanien’kehá:ka sovereignty in what became known as the Oka Crisis. “I fought from beginning to end in 1990, in the forest every night,” he said. Now 73 years…
Kings District RCMP seized cannabis, psilocybin, and tobacco items at an unlicensed storefront and arrested a man as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. From StratCann by David Brown December 19 2024 On December 18, officers attended a cannabis storefront on Sweetgrass Rd. in Hantsport and arrested a 34-year-old…
Investors told the Northern Paiute-Shoshone-Bannock people a cannabis farm could bring money, jobs and opportunity to their community — but after the first harvests, residents said, they were sidelined by an opaque operation. Then the travel plaza burned down From The Guardian by Judith Matloff December 17 2024 It was…
From Cannabis Business Times by Staff December 16 2024 [PRESS RELEASE] Las Vegas, NV – December 2024 – Nations United, a newly formed 575e tax-exempt entity, celebrated a monumental milestone with the successful launch of Canna Collide, a networking event hosted at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas following MJBizCon. The event…
From Outlaw Report by Editorial Staff December 9 2024 Welcome to The Outlaw Report’s Q&A series, focused on the cannabis landscape of the Mid-Atlantic. Our series aims to shine a spotlight on the trailblazers and experts who are shaping the local cannabis industry. Through their first-hand experience and insights, we…
From The Eastern Door by Eve Cable November 22 2024 In-person consultations have begun for those living within 300-metre radiuses of proposed dispensary sites, with members of the Kahnawake Cannabis Control Board (KCCB) visiting residences last Saturday. “The in-person consultation is going well so far,” said Tara Jacobs, chairperson of…
From Indian Time November 14 2024 KAHNAWAKE – The Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Board (KCCB) is pleased to announce that a Micro-Cultivation License has been officially granted to MSJ Cultivation. This license issuance follows the thorough evaluation and approval process set out in the Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Law (KCCL) and the…
A bright future for tribal cannabis is possible in America From MGMagazine by Mitch Chargo November 8 2024 The Eastern Band of Cherokee in the territorial boundaries of North Carolina recently opened a dispensary, despite marijuana being illegal in the state. Likewise, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe opened a cultivation facility and…