Article by Natalie Nanowski, CBC News With the prospect of legalized cannabis looming in Ontario, condominium boards throughout the GTA are rushing to figure out how to respond to a law that will permit residents to grow up to four plants inside their homes. “We don’t want to set up a system where anyone can just grow four plants and then it becomes a ...
Read More »Your Legal Pot Buying Data Could Get You Banned From The U.S., Lawyers Warn
Article by Patrick Cain, Global News When Canadians are able to buy legal recreational marijuana sometime this year, we are going to start generating a lot of consumer data. Some of it will be clearly linked to individuals: credit card purchases at physical stores and online ordering to home addresses, for example. If your Canadian marijuana-buying data ends up on a server ...
Read More »4/20: No Permit But 1,000s Light Up in Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square
Article by Jane Stevenson, Toronto Sun Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. Truer words were never spoken as thousands of pot enthusiasts lit up at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square on Friday afternoon for the world’s annual 4/20 worship of weed and civil disobedience protest — expected to be the last before pot becomes legal in Canada. As organizer-comedian Mike Riti ...
Read More »Toronto Cannabis Events: April 23 – April 29, 2018
Toronto is an amazing city for cannabis with so many diverse events going on. Here is a list of the events going on this upcoming week and weekend: Monday April 23, 2018 Ganja Yoga Soundbath When: 7:30pm-9:30pm Where: The House of Yoga (714 Bloor St W, Toronto) Price: $40/class Tuesday April 24, 2018: TERRIFIC TUESDAY GANJA YOGA BASIC with Jose When: 7:30pm-9:30pm Where: The House of Yoga ...
Read More »A Look At Each Province’s Rules For Marijuana Legalization
Article by CTV News As cannabis culture is celebrated across Canada, the annual 4/20 day carries a special significance for cannabis advocates looking forward to looming legalization. The federal government’s initial desired timeline planned for a July 2018 legalization date, but a Senate vote in June suggests that Canadians might have to wait until at least early August to purchase ...
Read More »First 4/20 Event Held in Timmins
Article by Maija Hoggett, Timmins Today When Kim Cooper moved to the area, she discovered something was missing. It’s a void she’s worked to fill for 4/20. “There’s never been any cannabis community events at all in this region, I was surprised given the size of the city and I figured it was time for that to change,” said Cooper, the ...
Read More »Here’s What We Know About Who Uses Cannabis in Canada, and How
Article by Terra Ciolfe, McLean’s Magazing People marking 4/20—national weed day—this year are more likely to reach for the traditional dried cannabis product than for a vape pen, according to new survey results from Statistics Canada. Edibles were the second most common product, followed by hashish. The results are from the first round of a new survey from the statistical agency which ...
Read More »Is Bill C-46 Unfair to Cannabis Users?
Article by Jon Hiltz, Marijuana.com Witnessing Bill C-45, Canada’s cannabis legalization law, trickle through Parliament was like watching a candy bar slowly being released from an old vending machine. The coil holding the treat never moves fast enough — and you cross your fingers that it doesn’t get stuck on the way down. As Canadians gaze at the piece of legislation that will ...
Read More »Toking While White: A Get Out of Jail Card
Article by Elizabeth Renzetti, The Globe and Mail As a middle-aged woman, you get used to becoming invisible. Bartenders no longer see you, never mind taxi drivers. It’s not surprising to have your partner turn to you with a start and say, “Whoa! I forgot you were there.” It’s tempting to hold up your hand to the sun to see ...
Read More »Canada Smokes Even More Weed Than The Government Thought
Article by Kieran Delamont, Vice News With legalization now only months away from becoming the law of the land, Statistics Canada is starting to get a better idea of just how much weed Canadians are smoking. According to numbers released on Wednesday, 14 percent of Canadians (or around 4.2 million people) reported using cannabis in the past three months, with 56 ...
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