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Article by Rob Ferguson, The Toronto Star Canada’s premiers have warned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau they may ask him to delay legalization of cannabis until more questions are answered about public safety concerns. “These issues have to be addressed by the federal government in order for us to meet the deadline,” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said Wednesday as the annual premiers’ conference ...

Article by Rignam Wangkhang, CBC News An online survey on marijuana legalization is receiving a record response in the Northwest Territories, garnering 710 submissions in just eight days — making it the most popular public engagement ever. “Our response to the cannabis online engagement has been pretty outstanding to this point,” said Mark Aitken, the assistant deputy minister (attorney general) for the territory’s Department of Justice. The ...

Article by Ryan Fink, Lift News I imagine most of you have been exposed to D.A.R.E. at some point, either as an unwitting schoolchild, or as the unwilling parent of such a child. This is certainly where I first encountered the term ‘gateway drug,’ way back in grade five. A man with a gun, who I had never seen before, ...

Video by Micheal Kushbury, Kushbury.com Master Kush from Broken Coast Cannabis is a fantastic Indica that had me from the get go! I am obviously a little partial to Kush varieties and “Master” is one of the best. I found this bud to be a tad drier than most varieties I receive from Broken Coast but it was well within acceptable ...

Article by Joe Fries, Penticton Herald After experimenting with marijuana dispensaries for seven months, Penticton city council voted Tuesday to ban the pot shops outright. And the two dispensaries to which council granted now-expired temporary use permits in December 2016 will now be asked to covert to so-called “wellness centres” dealing only in information and smoking accessories – not bud. ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawas Sun The number of illegal pot shops in the city is on the upswing, even as the first wave of dispensary employees charged with drug trafficking make their way through the courts. There are now at least 17 dispensaries selling marijuana over the counter, about the same number that were in town eight months ago ...

Article by Patrick Maloney, The London Free Press London police have laid drug-trafficking charges against two men, ages 88 and 60, who were found in possession of marijuana downtown. The charges have enraged pot activists but drawn pushback from police, who say trafficking is never legal – even under the proposed pot-legalization efforts of the federal government. Here are the ...

Article by Glen Korstrom, Business In Vancouver Back in 2010, when it was a radical idea to hold a trade show that celebrated marijuana and its accessories, entrepreneur Marco Renda helped make history. The publisher of the alternative-medicine journal Treating Yourself hosted what was reported to be Canada’s first large exposition to promote the responsible use of marijuana as a ...

Article by Allie Beckett, Marijuana.com Nature proves time and time again that everything in the natural world is connected by an elaborate web of life. This complex network makes it difficult to classify the entire plant world into an organized system. Plant taxonomy has changed over time as DNA science has advanced and plants are understood in new ways. Currently, ...

Article by Ian Hitchen, The Brandon Sun Health Canada says police officers can call them any time when it comes to confirming whether citizens have legal authority to produce and possess medicinal marijuana. The department’s ability to notify police of those who legitimately possess cannabis for that purpose was recently criticized in a lawsuit launched by a Brandon couple whose ...