However, terms of the change already rejected by at least 1 chief From CBC News by Patrick Book August 12 2022 The provincial government is hoping a rule change can “level the playing field” when it comes to cannabis stores in Saskatchewan. An order in council signed on July 28 states that…
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Excluded from Canada’s marijuana industry, Indigenous entrepreneurs are forging a sovereign market From The Breach by Caitlin Donohue August 4 2022 When Tim Barnhart first opened a cannabis dispensary on Tyendinaga Mohawk territory back in 2015, it was considered a radical act. Legacy 420 was a sovereign shop, promising to empower Indigenous…
Awareness and education surrounding illicit tobacco in Canada can reduce the impact on public health From The National Post by Joanne Peters, Postmedia Content Works August 3 2022 This story was created by Content Works, Postmedia’s commercial content division, on behalf of Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. The trade in illicit…
From The Williams Lake Tribune by Monica Lamb-Yorski July 4 2022 Williams Lake First Nation hosted four B.C. politicians for a tour of its new farm-to-gate cannabis facility, Thursday, June 23. Located on IR#1 near Scout Island in Williams Lake, Sugar Cane Cannabis opened last month. Marijuana grown at the…
From The Weed Blog by Leah Maurer June 17 2022 Cannabis has been used as a medicine for millennia, embedded in the cultural practices of people of color from around the world. From June 20-21, 2022, the Association for Cannabis Health Equity and Medicine (ACHEM), a nonprofit medical association advancing and supporting Black,…
Over 80 community members came out to hear former National Chief Del Riley speak about cannabis as an Aboriginal Right. Reposted from www.mikmaqcannabis.com MILLBROOK FIRST NATION – On Wednesday, April 6th, 2022, former National Chief Del Riley made a presentation on the topic of “Decolonization, Moderate Livelihood, and cannabis as an…
Former National Chief Del Riley will deliver a presentation entitled: “Decolonization, ‘Moderate livelihood,’ and cannabis as an aboriginal right” at 5pm on March 16th at the Legends Gaming Center in Millbrook First Nation. Chief Del Riley is a Hereditary Crane Clan Chief of the Chippewa Nation, a two term Chief of the Chippewas…
Dane Bebamash of Great Greenz is keeping his dispensary open, and has gained the support of constitutional expert Chief Del Riley.
By Press Release | Manitoulin Expositor | December 21, 2021 On December 17th, 2021, members of the UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service received a complaint regarding a person opening and operating a cannabis dispensary on M’Chigeeng First Nation. The owner of the business had applied for and was denied a business license in…
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.…