Article by Jamie Shaw, Lift News West Kelowna West Kelowna has been fairly tolerant of dispensaries, allowing them to operate with implied approval, despite not introducing regulations to license them. With six dispensaries now in West Kelowna, the city is looking at revamping their by-law fines for operating without a license, and future regulations under legalization that would restrict cannabis retail activities ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News Uncle Ike’s Budget Bud is the cheapest pot we’ve found anywhere. A product line of a Seattle, Wa.-based marijuana retailer, it lives up to its name at US$99 an ounce. That works out to $4.76 a gram Canadian, and it would put the cost of a joint in the $1.50-$2 range. But you get what you pay for, an email from ...

Article by CHCH News A marijuana dispensary owner spoke out at Hamilton City Hall arguing why council should reject a motion encouraging police to crack down on dispensaries. Clint Younge owns 3 marijuana dispensaries in Hamilton, storefronts that are operating illegally. “There are different styles of dispensaries running and there are different people running it and not all of them ...

Article by Mike Crawley, CBC News The government of Ontario is looking at setting retail prices for recreational marijuana in the range of $10 a gram, CBC News has learned. Until now, the provincial government has been reluctant to make public any specific figures about the price of pot, the expected demand or potential revenues from taxation once cannabis is legalized across ...

Article by CBC News Creating a new Crown corporation to manage the sale of recreational pot in New Brunswick is reinventing the wheel, says the co-ordinator of the union representing NB Liquor employees. The New Brunswick government said Friday that it has formed a new entity to oversee the sale of recreational marijuana use. Denis Brun of CUPE Local 963 said he ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News Although no official cannabis policy from BC has been announced yet, several business and industry interests have already begun lobbying the new NDP government on the subject of legalization and issues like retail sales and taxes on medical cannabis. Among them, the Quebec-based convenience store chain Couche-Tard engaged consultants David Gourlay and Yan Plante, ...

Article by David Rider, Toronto Star A city committee has endorsed the province’s highly regulated approach to marijuana legislation, despite pleas from dispensary operators and pot users. The licensing committee voted 4-1 Monday in favour of city staff recommendations endorsing Premier Kathleen Wynne’s plan to sell marijuana only in government run, LCBO-type shops across Ontario after federal legalization takes effect next year. ...

Article by Mike Schreiner, Green Party of Ontario via Huffington Post Three marijuana dispensaries in one Toronto block. That’s just one indication of the current demand. Yet the Ontario Liberals have come up with a half-baked pot plan that will open only 150 stores across the province by 2020. How will these handful of stores even come close to meeting existing ...

Article by Tyler Dawson, Ottawa Citizen While police in Ontario and Canada are worried they will not be prepared in time for marijuana legalization, Attorney General Yasir Naqvi says the provincial government is forging ahead, aiming to be ready for the federal Liberals’ July 1 legalization date, and he expects police will manage to enforce the law once it passes. ...

Article by Don Pittis, CBC News When Conservative Premier Howard Ferguson founded the Liquor Control Board of Ontario in 1927, the new Crown corporation was by no means a sophisticated purveyor of wines and spirits. Now Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne plans to sell recreational cannabis through the same agency. The federal government’s plan is that beginning on July 1, 2018, adults will be allowed to ...