An area cannabis retailer has complained to the City of London about an unsanctioned Indigenous-run 24-hour pot shop running out of a trailer. From London Free Press by Dale Carruthers December 13 2022 Spirit River Cannabis recently opened in a gravel lot at 72 Wellington Rd., just north of Grand…
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An area cannabis retailer has complained to the City of London about an unsanctioned Indigenous-run 24-hour pot shop running out of a trailer.
From Wisconsin Public Radio December 12 2022 Listen Download Cannabis business owners within Indigenous communities have a Wisconsin hemp grower as an advocate. Rob Pero founded the Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association this year. He and a colleague talk about marijuana and hemp as traditional medicine and an economic opportunity for…
On Thursday, November 24th Spirit River Cannabis celebrated with a soft opening of London Ontario’s first sovereign cannabis retail space. The store which is located at 72 Wellington Street is now open to the public welcoming anyone who wishes to purchase tax-free flower, concentrates, vaporizers, edibles, topicals, tinctures, and other quality-tested cannabis products.
An unlicensed, Indigenous-owned cannabis retail store has opened its first urban location in London, Ont., looking to claim space in a crowded marketplace by selling cannabis its own way — potentially setting the stage for a major test of Ontario's cannabis retail laws.
Spirit River Cannabis challenges the status quo of big retail cannabis in Canada From CBC by Colin Butler December 8 2022 An unlicensed, Indigenous-owned cannabis retail store has opened its first urban location in London, Ont., looking to claim space in a crowded marketplace by selling cannabis its own way…
A sovereign Indigenous cannabis dispensary has opened up in the heart of London, Ontario with the goal of transforming Canada’s history of “economic genocide” into a new era of peaceful “economic reconciliation” between Indigenous people and the city.
The Rowan Proclamation of 1854 builds on the Royal Proclamation of 1763, and defends and protects Indigenous property and business on unceded Indian lands. On November 24th, 2022 join 420 North, Flint and Flower, and media sponsors Dispensing Freedom and Real People’s Media to discuss attempts by Indian Act Band…
DARTMOUTH, NS – Over 40 people accompanied Chris Googoo to his court date at the Dartmouth courthouse on October 11th, 2022. Googoo, an Elected Councillor and entrepreneur in Millbrook First Nation, is raising a constitutional challenge to defend his Aboriginal and Treaty rights to sell cannabis on unceded Indian lands after his shop was raided by the RCMP. Councillor Googoo’s shop in Cole Harbour was raided along with several others on December 23rd, 2020. He was charged under the Cannabis Act with “possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling,” and “possession for the purpose of distributing cannabis.”
The Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association aims to connect and educate entrepreneurs working in a space – and country – that isn’t helping them. From The Story Exchange by Candice Helfand-Rogers October 20 2022 Cannabis is one of America’s fastest-growing sectors – but it’s leaving out most Americans. Indeed, cannabis remains…