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Article by CBC News Canada Post said it intends to lock out its workers starting on Friday after months of negotiations have failed to make a labour deal between the postal carrier and its largest union. The move comes hours after Canada Post said its latest offer presented on June 25 was fair and reasonable, and that it still hoped to negotiate a ...

Article by Kelly McParland, National Post Proponents of open and easy access to legalized marijuana will not be pleased by the tone of a new discussion paper released by the federal government. If anyone thought the breezy support for recreational pot offered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the campaign trail would translate into neighbourhood “dispensaries” peddling a rich and ...

Article by Robert Benzie Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government warns legalized recreational marijuana will be a strictly controlled substance — so much so that even homegrown weed may be prohibited. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government warns legalized recreational marijuana will be a strictly controlled substance — so much so that even homegrown weed may be prohibited. Federal Health ...

Article by Marisa DeZara, MJINews Marijuana is often described as a gateway drug, but for some young entrepreneurs, marijuana is the gateway to a world of opportunity. From budtending, growing, to running a company, the cannabis industry has provided ambitious minds with the tools to succeed in all aspects of business. Millennial participation in the cannabis industry is worth examining, as ...

Article by Campbell Clark, The Globe and Mail A fear that America’s obsession with security might gum up critical border travel has loomed over some of Canada’s domestic-policy debates. But on two matters currently in the news – the legalization of marijuana and visa-free travel for Mexicans – the United States is proving not to be the border bogeyman that ...

Article by Kay Lazar, The Boston Globe A small circle of physicians — 13, to be precise — has provided the vast preponderance of approvals needed by Massachusetts patients to gain access to medical marijuana, state records show, a pattern that underscores the continued growing pains of a new industry. These doctors certified nearly three-quarters of the 31,818 patients who ...

Article by Tyler Curtis, Vice News Marcus Gary “Bubbleman” Richardson makes his living photographing dank nugs and hash. Though he’s been passionate about weed since he was a teenager, Bubbleman’s spent his whole adult life working in Canada’s almost-legal weed industry. After moving to British Columbia in the 90s, he began working at the medicinal dispensary The BC Compassion Club, ...

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Editorial by Toronto Star Once marijuana is legalized, Ontario should not lock itself into a single rigid distribution system that treats adult consumers like naughty children and allows a substantial black market to survive. Has the Ontario government learned nothing from its decades-long struggle to find the right balance between safety and paternalism when it comes to selling alcohol? Judging ...

Article by Jeremy Berke, Business Insider The company was founded by Foster and Yves Yon and is led by David Ellerstein, the current CEO. The idea came to Foster after watching some Netflix documentaries about marijuana prohibition. Jane kiosks are placed in dispensaries, and customers can simply come in, place their orders on the touch screen (or from an app on their phone), ...