Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen Adam Brett says he plans to try Ontario’s online cannabis store, but not until the kinks are worked out. The 23-year-old said his roommate had ordered from the online Ontario Cannabis Store in the wee hours of weed legalization on Wednesday, but as of Saturday was still waiting for his order to arrive. “Overall, ...

Article by Chris Herhalt, CP24 Toronto police raided five illegal cannabis dispensaries operating across the city Friday, two days after recreational cannabis use was made legal across the country. Toronto police spokesperson Gary Long said dispensaries located at 66 Fort York Boulevard, 333 Spadina Avenue, 912 Danforth Avenue, 1506 Dundas Street West and 2655 Lawrence Avenue East were the subject ...

Article by Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press via City News Canada’s decision to legalize cannabis will create a backlog in the courts as those charged with driving while drug-impaired are sure to launch a wave of legal challenges, a lawyer who specializes in impaired driving cases says. Tom Singleton, who has practised criminal law for 25 years in Halifax, says ...

Article by Dylan Robertson, The Leaf News Hundreds of Manitobans will soon be eligible for pardons over minor cannabis charges, but they’ll have to serve their full sentence, and could still be blocked from crossing into the United States. On Wednesday, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told reporters he intends to table legislation by the end of 2018 that would ...

Article by Mike O, Cannabis Life Network Looks like the lone legal cannabis store in BC (in Kamloops, of all places!) will soon be getting some company, as BC Attorney General David Eby told CBC: “There’s no question that over the next period of weeks and months, they’re going to see more and more stores coming online, both public and private.” ...

Article by Jonathan Ore, CBC News Hilary Black was only a teenager when she took her first step towards eventually changing the course of cannabis laws in Canada. It was the early 1990s, and she had just finished high school. Hemp BC, one of Vancouver’s first cannabis stores, had just opened. “I just started showing up and kind of being a pain ...

Article by Canadian Press via CityNews The Ontario Cannabis Store says it has received about 100,000 online orders in the first 24 hours that marijuana was legal in Canada. The government-run OCS says 12,000 of those orders came within the first hour after legalization Wednesday morning. Ontario will have no brick-and-mortar cannabis stores until April 1, 2019, with the only ...

Article by Elizabeth Keith, Narcity There are a lot of different factors when it comes to restricting and regulating legal cannabis in Canada. First, there is the legislation from the federal government that makes it legal in the first place. Then it’s up to the provinces to determine laws on its sale and use. Finally, municipalities are allowed to make their own ...

Article by Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press via CTV News A perusal of the Ontario Cannabis Store’s online portal on the first day of legalization turned up an array of expected products — various strains of dried weed, oils and tinctures, and accessories needed to use them. But also on offer is a cannabis-infused “intimate” spray, marketed under the enticingly named ...

Article by Jackie Dunham, CTV News As the high from Wednesday’s historic cannabis legalization wears off, there are a few legal footnotes worth taking note of before lighting up again. Despite being allowed to use or even grow marijuana, Canadians can still be charged if they’re caught breaking a number of important laws accompanying legalization. CTVNews.ca has rounded up 10 ...