Article by Kimberley Molina, CBC News Some residents of Ottawa’s Wellington West neighbourhood say they’ve had it with the “ridiculous” traffic that’s arrived with the opening of a local cannabis store. Superette opened April 1 at the corner of Wellington Street W. and Warren Avenue, a dead-end residential street. People living on the previously quiet road say both traffic and “inappropriate behaviour” have been ...

Article by CBC News Indigenous community leaders have mixed reaction to the Ontario government’s plan to licence eight cannabis retailer locations on reserves. Francine Whiteduck, from Kitigan Zibi near Maniwaki, Que., represents the Canadian Indigenous Hemp Cannabis Consortium. The organization promotes the economic opportunities in the sector. “It’s definitely a fair process. Experience doesn’t seem to be any big factor ...

Article by Alexandra Mazur, Global News A Canadian business professor says Bill Blair, Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction, was simply wrong when he said Canada’s cannabis supply shortage was “non-existent.” On Wednesday, Rod Phillips, Ontario’s minister of finance, and Doug Downey, Ontario’s attorney general, criticized a federal cannabis supply shortage when announcing Ontario will be licensing 50 new cannabis retail locations across Ontario. ...

Article by Cassandra Szklarski, CTV News When it comes to cannabis and health, buzzwords abound: CBD and THC are chief among them, as well as the endocannabinoid system, which is the body’s network of receptors that these cannabis compounds unlock. Gaetano Morello, head of a Vancouver-based supplements company, is somewhat averse to that last one. He prefers to call it ...

Article by Toronto Sun Canada’s Calgary Stampede, known as the country’s biggest and booziest annual party, is banning the use of cannabis in the first year that legislators made the drug legal nationwide. The Stampede, which started on Thursday and runs through July 14, draws tourists from around the world for its rodeo and chuckwagon races, but much of the ...

Article by Brenda Bouw, Globe and Mail Companies that sell products to grow cannabis at home say sales are skyrocketing, with some popular products like grow kits and tents regularly selling out, as a new breed of gardeners takes shape in Canada. . Canadians outside of Quebec and Manitoba can legally grow up to four cannabis plants at home, which ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op Barrie, Ontario, has enacted a new smoking bylaw that came into effect on June 17. Cannabis, vaping and e-cigarettes will now be included under the new law, along with “increased restrictions on where smoking can take place,” the city announced in a news release. The city will install new signs at parks and facilities to inform people ...

Article by BNN Bloomberg Medical cannabis patients say recreational pot legalization has made it harder to obtain their medicine: Survey Medical marijuana patients in Canada believe it’s getting harder to access their cannabis now that recreational pot is legal in the country. According to a recent survey jointly commissioned by Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana, the Arthritis Society and the ...

Article by Daina Goldfinger, Global News On Wednesday, the Ontario government announced that it will issue up to eight licences for those wishing to operate a cannabis store on First Nations reserves — but Indigenous leaders and those involved with cannabis say this decision poses jurisdictional issues. The announcement from the Ontario government comes almost a month after the Chiefs of Ontario ...

Article by Kate Bueckert, CBC News Canada’s minister of border security and organized crime reduction accused the Ontario government of making excuses after it once again blamed marijuana supply issues for limiting the number of marijuana retail stores. “With the notable exception of Ontario, the rest of the country has made steady progress in displacing the illicit market with licensed ...