Article by Peter Mazereeuw, The Hill Times The Senate Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee won’t be able to examine all the ways the government’s cannabis legalization bill will affect Canada’s international treaties before reporting back to the Senate by May 1, says Saskatchewan Conservative Senator Raynell Andreychuk, who chairs the committee. “It is going to be very difficult to accomplish ...

Article by Jay Schmoeker, Twelve High Chicks It’s April, and one of the big North American/International pot-party-protests is just around the corner: 4/20 2018 celebrations! But this year is a little bit different and a little bit special. After years of agitating for cannabis freedom, across North America there’s been a wave of recreational legalization. Canada still looks forward to ...

Article by Geoff Bartlett, CBC News A St. John’s entrepreneur is working with two other companies to launch an operation in Newfoundland that will focus on developing different strains of cannabis and hemp. Chris Snellen is the founder of CEPG Systems, which designs controlled-environment plant-growth systems and currently operates a hydroponic grow operation in the city’s east end that cultivates lettuce, mushrooms and ...

Toronto is an amazing city for cannabis with so many diverse events going on. Here is a list of the events going on this upcoming week and weekend: Tuesday April 10, 2018: TERRIFIC TUESDAY GANJA YOGA BASIC with Jose When: 7:30pm-9:30pm Where: The House of Yoga (714 Bloor St W, Toronto) Price: $30/class, 4 classes for $100 Wednesday April 11, 2018: Free Grow Class When: 6:00pm-8:00pm Where: ...

Article by Lauren Pullen, Global News Smoking marijuana will be legal across Canada in just a few months, but depending on where you live there are still grey areas about where people will legally be able smoke it. The Alberta government has unveiled its rules, with pot smoking prohibited in public places including schools, hospitals and various other spots where kids are ...

Article by Ashley Joannou, Yukon News The Yukon government has cancelled its tender to buy or lease a location for a government-run cannabis store. But the minister responsible for the new cannabis distribution corporation insists that a retail space will still be ready in time for federal legalization. Minister John Streicker told the legislative assembly March 29 the one location ...

Article by The Canadian Press via CTV News The SAQ’s employee union believes that the Crown corporation is unnecessarily duplicating its structure to market cannabis. The union’s acting president, Katia Lelièvre, is urging the Société des alcools du Québec to take advantage of the staff and delivery network already in place to set up the future Quebec Cannabis Society (SQC). ...

Article by The Canadian Press via Global News CanniMed Therapeutics CEO Brent Zettl has resigned, effective immediately, as Aurora Cannabis nears completion of its acquisition of the medical marijuana company. Zettl, who helped co-found the Saskatoon-based licensed producer in 1988, is pursuing other opportunities, the companies said in a statement. He has agreed to remain available to CanniMed and Aurora as they integrate ...

Article by Jen Skerritt, Bloomberg Terry Booth didn’t expect his life would come full circle, thanks to marijuana. He sold pot in high school, peddling quarter ounces for C$25 ($19) to help out his dad. He spent the next two decades working as an electrician and entrepreneur, and planned to semi-retire to the golf course after taking a step back ...

Article by Madeleine Blais-Morin & Peter Zimonjic, CBC News Three Conservative senators were in Washington D.C. this week for meetings with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and other federal officials to discuss Canada’s plan to legalize recreational cannabis use — and they say officials there have unanswered questions of their own about the pot bill. Senators Claude Carignan, Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu and Denise Batters ...