Article by The Chronic Herald Businesses that illegally sell recreational marijuana after the government of Ontario sets up its own shops could be fined up to $1 million under legislation tabled Wednesday. One of the main aspects of the proposed law, which would take effect once the federal government makes the drug legal in July 2018, is to crack down ...

Article by National Post Ontario is set to introduce legislation today that would regulate the sale and distribution of recreational marijuana. The province was the first to announce detailed plans last month for cannabis once the federal government makes it legal in July 2018. The drug will be sold in up to 150 stores run by the Ontario Liquor Control ...

Article by The Toronto Police Service 52 Division 52 Division 416-808-5200Case #: 2017-1939001 The Toronto Police Service requests assistance identifying a man wanted in a Public Mischief investigation. On Thursday, October 26, 2017, at 1:01 p.m., officers responded to a call for a Person with a Gun in the King Street West and Charlotte Street area. It was reported that: – a ...

Article by Lauren O’Neil, BlogTO The province of Ontario has announced its plans to source, vet and notify the public of stores that will (legally) sell marijuana next year. As reported last month, Ontario’s government will soon be rolling out approximately 150 standalone pot shops across the province. This will no doubt bring many new options to people in Toronto who want to buy ...

Article by Cara Sabatini, Torontoist At a spartan Queen West storefront on a sunny afternoon, more than 20 people sit shoulder to shoulder, waiting to be served by one of several busy employees. Eden, the Bellwoods-adjacent marijuana dispensary, is already seeing some of the overflow effects of last week’s court ruling that shut down a group of Toronto dispensaries for ...

Article by Jeff Gray, The Globe and Mail For 17 months, Toronto police and bylaw officers have been cracking down on illegal pot dispensaries, raiding more than 200 locations, laying hundreds of criminal charges and issuing thousands of dollars in fines. Their attack has been relentless, yet the city still has an estimated 65 shops open for business at any ...

Article by Harrison Jordan, Leafly The Supreme Court of Canada is about to consider the impact of the country’s legalization plan on the country’s interprovincial trade. Canada’s top court has accepted an application from cannabis-related companies to intervene in an upcoming case that some are saying could have wide implications for interprovincial trade in the country. In 2016, Gerard Comeau of ...

Article by Michael Smee, CBC News   A Toronto marijuana retailer heads to court Thursday morning, hoping to convince a judge that many of the charges laid after last year’s wide-ranging Project Claudia raids are unconstitutional. Mark Stupak, the owner of the SoCo Medical Social Collective, was charged in May, 2016 with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of ...

Article by John Rieti, CBC News  An Ontario court has issued an interim injunction allowing the city to shut down Canna Clinic, a prominent marijuana dispensary that has reopened multiple times following police raids. The city is currently reviewing the decision handed down by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, said municipal licensing and standards executive director Tracey Cook in an email statement to CBC Toronto on ...

Article by Alexa Huffman, CHEK News Comox Valley RCMP conducted a search warrant last Thursday at a marijuana dispensary on 4th Street, eight days after police shut down the shop the first time. Leaf Compassion, which is located in the 300 block of 4th Street, was first shut down on Oct. 5. Police said the store illegally reopened its doors, contrary to municipal ...