Article by Montreal Gazette Four people have been arrested and more than $70,000 worth of contraband cannabis and cigarettes was seized from an apartment in Anjou by the Montreal police department’s anti-contraband division. The investigation was launched last autumn and involved a series of surveillance and tailing operations that allowed police to determine various sites in Anjou used by the suspects. ...

Article by Cornwall Standard-Freeholder via Ottawa Citizen A 35-year-old man from Cornwall is among seven people facing charges after a multi-agency cross-border smuggling investigation. Project Hammerhead, initiated by the Canada Border Services Agency and including the participation of the Cornwall Police Service, Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, the OPP, the RCMP, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police, and the U.S. Department ...

Article by Blair Rhodes, CBC News The federal government has been ordered to pay a Nova Scotia man more than $25,000 in damages for items that were seized and held for years while his drug trafficking case made its way through the courts. RCMP seized a long list of vehicles and antiques from Daniel Joseph Innocente when they first accused ...

Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network New research by the Sloan Kettering Institute has finally answered how cancerous cells consume and use up energy from glucose. Interestingly though, their answer to a century-old cancer mystery supports cannabis use and medicinal cannabinoid therapy to treat cancer. How does cancer consume fuel? Cells efficiently eat sugar (glucose) but cancer cells strangely avoid this process. In 1921, ...

Article by Kate-Madonna Hindes, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op Already garnering plenty of attention, the study sought participants to discuss if using cannabis could increase the risk of falls or cognitive impairments in aging adults. Rudroff, whose background includes a Ph.D. in neurophysiology and a degree in physical therapy, recently spoke with The Fresh Toast about common misconceptions and barriers to ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Cannabis producer Tilray cut its annual loss to $271 million for 2020, an improvement from the Nanaimo, British Columbia company’s $321 million loss in 2019, according to the full-year and fourth-quarter results released Wednesday. Tilray, which is on the verge of being merged with Canadian peer Aphria, lost only $3 million in its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, ...

Article by Jane Skrypnek, Sooke News Mirror For 25 years, the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club has been providing Greater Victoria people with the means to treat chronic pain. Last week, they were told they must go. Having existed long before cannabis was legalized in Canada, cannabis compassion clubs were created to provide safe access to medical marijuana in a time ...

Article by Roxanne Egan-Elliott, Times Colonist Facing the threat of steep fines or jail time, the landlord of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club won’t renew the club’s lease at the Johnson Street storefront where it has served members dealing with medical issues for 20 years. The landlord, Skipper Properties Ltd., received a letter this month from the province’s Community Safety ...

Article by Julia Veintrop, Cannabis Life Network The cannabis community is grieving the loss of Greg Williams, aka Marijuana Man as he passed away from cancer today. Well known and well-liked, Greg Williams was a grassroots cannabis activist. If you have smoked bud in Canada, there is a possibility that it’s linked to genetics he distributed. Bought mail-order seeds from Cannabis Culture? He ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Elon Musk usually seems quite sure of himself but had plenty of questions after the business magnate doubted the efficacy of “overhyped” CBD and Joe Rogan provided a defence of the cannabinoid’s reported benefits. Appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience last week, Musk questioned whether or not CBD was “fake” in terms of claims about what ...