by Dawn Marie Paley Originally published on Toward Freedom The 2018 Cannabis Act transformed Canada into the financial and legal jurisdiction for cannabis entrepreneurs and investors looking to do business internationally. Today, Canadian weed companies have their eye on a massive prize: the lucrative medical and adult cannabis markets that are emerging…
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The Indigenous Cannabis Cup was an overall success despite some rain and wind on the second day, which was highlighted by Donisha Prendergast’s fiery call to action and resistance. The Toronto-based filmmaker and activist is also the granddaughter of the legendary Rastafarian revolutionary and world renown singer, Bob Marley. “I’m…
Licensed weed producer Tilray has formed a strategic alliance with Sandoz Canada by Vanmala Subramaniam, Vice News, Mar 19, 2018 One of Canada’s largest licensed weed producers has formed a strategic partnership with a major pharmaceutical company, marking the first — and much anticipated — foray of Big Pharma into…
by Jane George, Nunatsiaq News, October 27, 2017 CAMBRIDGE BAY—If Nunavut’s next MLAs want direction on issues ranging from the legalization of cannabis to education, they can turn to the resolutions that emerged from the annual general meeting of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the birthright organization for the territory’s Inuit, which…
by Natasha MacDonald-Dupuis, CBC News, August 13, 2015 Forget about weight watchers; new research out of Nunavik suggests the secret to a slim figure might be… marijuana. Recently, researchers from Quebec looked into why levels of Type 2 diabetes were so low among Inuit. The study, called “Cannabis use in relation to…
PHOTO: Waterloo Regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin, who serves as president of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, was in Toronto to warn drug users about buying their weed from illegal sources. (Ed Middleton/CBC News ) By CBC Toronto, Mar 13, 2018 With legalization on the horizon, chiefs hope to…
by Ben Powless, The Nation, January 30, 2018 In a scene that wouldn’t be out of place in a standard action movie, police armed with assault rifles burst into the cannabis dispensary on a calm Tuesday evening and arrested almost everyone inside. The reserve police in the community of the…
by Erin Andersen, 570News, January 28, 2018 Community members living on the Six Nations of the Grand River near Brantford are hosting a public forum on Sunday, to discuss results from a community survey conducted last year. Nearly 1,000 people participated in the survey, as the territory opened its first…
by Jeff Mahoney, The Hamilton Spectator, January 28, 2018 OHSWEKEN — If you ever thought the legal pot thing would go down nice and mellow anywhere, from Salt Spring Island to St. John’s, or Six Nations in between, what were you smoking? Case in point. Sunday’s gathering at Yogi’s Barn,…