The Tobique First Nation is in discussions with companies to set up a medical marijuana grow operation and research facility in the western New Brunswick community.
Dispensing Freedom
Eskasoni First Nation concerned about unregulated cannabis sales after two recent incidents involving unwitting consumption of cannabis-laced, intends to open its own soon to sell cannabis and related products under the Mi’kmaq right to self-government.
Garnet and Deborah Avery, owners of Yellek Self Storage in North Bay, Ontario, have co-launched a local marijuana dispensary with other family members. Kana Leaf is the first indigenous-owned cannabis shop in Nipissing First Nation, Ontario.
Cannabis firm layoffs mean migrants must return home. “Most of these workers have families and they are First Nations in Guatemala. They are Indigenous people."
At least two off-reserve cannabis retailers in Oliver raised a concern to the Chronicle about Indigenous Bloom not charging taxes, thereby, undercutting existing businesses that must charge the tax under federal law. They also questioned the fact these stores are not federally regulated.
Beaver Creek residents are pleading with Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) directors to prevent a medical cannabis production plant from setting up across the road from an Indigenous healing centre, school and day care.
Alberni Valley recovery centre wants cannabis licence reviewed. Lawyer says cannabis facility ‘slap in the face to First Nations, Port Alberni and Canada’
INDIGENOUS CANNABIS CUP: activities will include overnight camping, bonfires, a wide range of workshops ranging from the practical to the esoteric, music and entertainment, a traditional social, the construction & smoking of the world’s largest peace pipe.
We are The Medicine Box, an Indigenous owned and operated cannabis dispensary. I think combining experience, the want to bring the medicinal properties of cannabis to everyone and an obsessive attention to the customer experience.
Kana Leaf’s business partners are very excited to be Ontario’s first legal Indigenous cannabis shop. Kana Leaf is set to open at the end of February.