A former Thunder Bay mayor who is heading to trial on an extortion charge was part of a business group that asked an Ontario First Nation for $2.6 million to kickstart a medical marijuana grow operation.
Dispensing Freedom
How First Nations are leaving their mark on the cannabis industry: Weed sales on Sask. reserves limited, but First Nations investment in industry expanding
a former police chief on the Mohawk territory of Akwesasne, chuckled when asked if he thought he would have trouble finding customers when his first batch of cannabis is ready for sale around summertime.
Charges result from raid at illegal dispensary: UCCM Anishnaabe Police received information that the High and Buy cannabis store was operating without a licence on the Sheguiandah First Nation.
In November 2018, the Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation announced the opening of the Mino-Maskihki Cannabis Dispensary. The same week, the First Nation filed a lawsuit against the provincial government in Regina Court of Queen’s Bench.
Dual Drug Busts Result In Charges For Local Men: Two local males were arrested after the Kahnawake Peacekeepers successfully executed a warrant at two locations on the Old Malone Highway.
Craft cannabis company seeks land in Merritt for industrial park. The nine-acre property is currently owned by Spayum Developments, a business group comprised of local First Nation bands.
Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) has officially legalized recreational cannabis in its community, making it the first of 12 federally recognized tribes in the state of Michigan to do so.
One of the most forward-thinking groups at NoCo 6 were the members of the indigenous farmers panel. Environmentalist and Native American hemp advocate Winona LaDuke led the panel in calling for investing in an “indigenous hemp economy.”
RavenQuest Secures Health Canada Cultivation License at Edmonton Facility