Article by Mike O, Cannabis Life Network On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the Community Safety Unit raided The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary (TMCD) at 1182 Thurlow St. in the heart of the Davie Village neighbourhood in Vancouver’s West End. The raid left many baffled, as the long-running dispensary had been in the process of transitioning to the legal system, having already received their municipal permit from the City of Vancouver. But ...

Article by Andres Markwart, Cannabis Life Network The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary, located on Thurlow St. in Vancouver, B.C., has been raided by the province’s Community Safety Unit (CSU). The dispensary had been selling pot without a provincial licence, but had recently applied for one, and was taking the appropriate steps towards entering the licensed market. The Community Safety Unit, operating under the Ministry of Public ...

Article by David Yasvinski, Growth Op As cannabis brands focus their attention on the high-roller lifestyle, they may be leaving plenty of customers — and cash — behind. New brands are launching all the time, but very few are focused on the working-class stoner. A study by the Brightfield Group cautions that they do this at their peril. “Emerging leaders in ...

Article by Sidhartha Banerjee, Global News Quebec will have the toughest age restrictions on cannabis in the country starting next year, but many are warning the tougher measures won’t have the desired effect the provincial government is trying to achieve. The Coalition Avenir Quebec government used its majority in the legislature to raise the age limit to consume cannabis from ...

Article by Danielle Edwards, Investing News The province of Saskatchewan is overhauling its system for awarding cannabis retail licenses to open up the sector and compete with the black market. On Tuesday (October 29), the province outlined its plan to move forward with a phased-in open market system for cannabis retail permits. Before cannabis was legalized in October 2018 in Canada, Saskatchewan ...

Article by Alyse Kotyk , CTV News The owner of an unlicensed cannabis dispensary is speaking out after his store was raided by officials from the province. Dana Larsen said members from the province’s community safety unit came to his store at around 10 a.m. Wednesday and cleaned out shelves at the Medical Cannabis Dispensary near Thurlow and Davie streets. “We’ve been ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen Sherry Lee Ann Kohoko opened her cosy Rastafarian-themed dispensary Madashk on April 20, the international day to celebrate marijuana. It’s one of a handful of unlicensed cannabis stores on Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation territory in the Ottawa Valley. Kohoko says customers drive from Ottawa and across the Valley to buy dried weed, homemade ...

Article by Amanda Pfeffer, CBC News Medical marijuana users and their advocates say steep price increases since legalization, coupled with obstacles to access, are forcing many patients to turn to the illegal market. According to a survey commissioned by the Arthritis Society, there are as many medical cannabis users getting their prescriptions from illegal sources as legal ones, while two-thirds say they’re ...

Article by Taylor Campbell, Windsor Star Opening day of Windsor’s first legal retail cannabis store is a month behind schedule due in part to a class-action lawsuit against the provincial body regulating vendor licences that put a wrench in plans provincewide. London restaurateur Kirk Anastasiadis, one of 42 applicants selected in the most recent Ontario lottery in August, said by ...

Article by DavidYasvinski, London Free Press Toronto’s most infamous illegal dispensary is in trouble again. A constant thorn in the side of law enforcement for its refusal to stay shut down, CAFÉ is generating fresh attention for spelling its name out in giant letters with hay near its 15 Fort York location. The bales of hay were arranged to form ...