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Article by Betty Ann Adam, Saskatoon StarPhoenix Labelling legalized marijuana products with their levels of two main active ingredients is one of the helpful recommendations released this week by a federal task force on cannabis legalization and regulation, says Saskatoon addictions expert Dr. Peter Butt. “There’s no truth in labelling now because there’s no testing,” Butt said. He is concerned that ...

Article by Adam Brilz, SaskNow Three of the four people charged after their medicinal marijuana facility was shut down in Saskatoon are going to trial.  . Jaime Hagel, Lane Britnell and Mark Hauk, who was the owner of the Saskatchewan Compassion Club, have had their cases moved to Saskatoon’s Court of Queen’s Bench. A trial date has not been set ...

Article by Sidhartha Banerjee, The Toronto Star Montreal’s mayor vowed zero tolerance for illegal pot dispensaries on Thursday, just hours after several such establishments aimed at recreational users opened to the public. Denis Coderre tweeted the city would use any administrative tools at its disposal to enforce the law. The pot boutiques opened in the presence of two well-known marijuana ...

Article by Chris Selley, National Post Who knew Liberal governance would descend so quickly into high farce? There was the righteous online mockery of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s woefully miscalibrated (and/or entirely sincere) statement mourning Fidel Castro’s passing. There was Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef’s jaw-dropping attack on the electoral reform committee for not fulfilling its mandate, which it had; ...

Article by The Globe and Mail Drivers in some jurisdictions may soon find themselves asked by police to volunteer for a saliva test, part of a pilot project aimed at detecting drug-impaired drivers. The federal government, the RCMP and a number of police departments across the country will conduct the experiment to see how well certain roadside testing devices work ...

Article by Cresonia Hsieh, Miami Herald As director of the concussion program at the University of Miami, Dr. Gillian Hotz has spent years tracking head injuries of high school athletes. But starting in January, the research professor will see if she and her team can come up with a new way to treat a concussion — possibly with a pill ...

Article by Craig Lord, Ottawa Business Journal The Ottawa-based CEO of one of Canada’s largest marijuana firms is lauding yesterday’s federal report that recommends how the Liberal government proceed with its plans to legalize pot. Several of the task force’s key suggestions – such as plain packaging and allowing mail-order sales – are aligned with Canopy Growth Corp.’s(TSX:CGC) existing business ...

Article by MacLean’s Several pot dispensaries set to open in Montreal on Thursday will be selling marijuana to recreational users despite federal rules that forbid such shops. Jodie Emery, a marijuana activist who owns the Cannabis Culture brand with her husband Marc Emery, Canada’s self-styled “prince of pot,” said in an interview the number of outlets will be between five ...

Article by Robert Benzie, The Toronto Star. Premier Kathleen Wynne is keeping an open mind about what — if any — role the Liquor Control Board of Ontario will have in the recreational marijuana business. In her first public statement since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal task force on legalization released its recommendations Tuesday, Wynne was noncommittal when asked about ...

Article by Ryan Maloney, The Huffington Post Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thinks Canadians old enough to drink alcohol are old enough to smoke marijuana legally. Trudeau made the point at a press conference in Ottawa Thursday, days after a federal task force on marijuana legalization recommended the national minimum age to buy recreational marijuana be set at 18. The report also suggested provinces ...