The Six Nations Nations elected-band council is proposing a minimum age of 21 to use, grow, distribute and sell recreational marijuana in its territory. That's older than Ontario's threshold of 19 for pot in Canada's new legalized landscape.
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Warman cannabis store set to open Friday: 5Buds Cannabis is licensed under Synergy Five Investments, a partnership between five Saskatchewan First Nations that won permits to open cannabis stores in Warman, North Battleford and Yorkton.
A new FNHA ad campaign is aimed at delaying first cannabis use, and reducing the harms among young people as well as expectant and breastfeeding mothers.
The chief of a First Nation operating an unlicensed cannabis store says another meeting is planned with the Saskatchewan government on the issue.
Indigenous representatives gather in Treaty 7 to see where to go with cannabis: A group from various First Nation communities take notes as they walk along the rows of plants inside the Boaz Cultivation, a cannabis growing facility in Calgary.
National News | APTN November 24, 2018 by Tamara Pimentel Tamara Pimentel APTN News A group from various First Nation communities take notes as they walk along the rows of plants inside the Boaz Cultivation, a cannabis growing facility in Calgary. The goal of the tour is to gather…
NetnewsLedger 22 November 2018 by James Murray in Anishinaabe Treaty No.7 (Calgary, AB.) – The first ever National Indigenous Cannabis and Hemp Conference at Tsuut’inaNation attracted approximately 500 participants and resulted in a common goal of working together to stake claim in the growing need of Cannabis and Hemp. “The issue of jurisdiction is…
In a two-page letter addressed to Chief Anthony Cappo of Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation, SLGA regulatory services division vice-president Fiona Cribb said the SLGA and provincial government officials would be willing to meet with the First Nation to discuss its cannabis store, but stopped short of threatening any action.
National Access Cannabis Corp. ("NAC" or the "Company") (TSXV: META), a best-practices leader in delivering secure, safe, and responsible access to legal cannabis in Canada, today announced that another eight NewLeaf Cannabis™ ("NewLeaf") retail locations have received cannabis retail licenses and are expected to open this week in Alberta and one new Meta Cannabis Supply Co™ ("META") store has received a cannabis retail license and is expected to open this week in Manitoba. The addition of nine new stores more than doubles the national number of NAC-owned and licensed cannabis retail stores to 17 — the most of any cannabis retailer in the country, excluding the Government of New Brunswick.
Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff ordered senior political aides to direct police to raid outlaw cannabis stores the day marijuana became legal and to show "people in handcuffs," the Toronto Star has learned.