Article by Mike Okada, Cannabis Life Network In 2016, a New Brunswick man, Gerard Comeau, faced a $292.50 fine after being caught with 14 cases of beer and 3 bottles of liquor that he bought in Quebec, where alcohol is cheaper. In the case, also known as R. v. Comeau, the provincial court judge threw out the charges against Comeau, and called ...

Article by Dean Bennett, Canadian Press via Huffington Post Canada’s health minister says pilot projects have begun on roadside police testing for marijuana, and the plan is to have rules in place for edible cannabis around July 2019. “Our priority right now is to ensure that we can legalize cannabis by July 2018,” Ginette Petitpas Taylor said Friday. “There’s no ...

Article by Dean Bennett, Global News Canada’s health minister says pilot projects have begun on roadside police testing for marijuana, and the plan is to have rules in place for edible cannabis around July 2019. “Our priority right now is to ensure that we can legalize cannabis by July 2018,” Ginette Petitpas Taylor said Friday. “There’s no specific date (for ...

Article by Amanda Siebert, The Georgia Straight With cannabis and show biz being two of this province’s biggest exports, it makes sense that B.C.’s newest weed media company is headquartered right here in Vancouver. Launched in July 2016 by Todd and Tanya Ceperley, Cannabis Life Network (CLN) officially opened its brand new studio last week with the season premiere of the popular webcast, Expert ...

Article by Kim Trynacity, CBC News The federal Minister of Health told her provincial counterparts at a meeting in Edmonton that much work is being done to prepare for the fast-approaching legalization of cannabis. Ginette Petitpas Taylor said at a news conference following a  meeting with provincial and territorial health ministers that her priority is to craft a “prevention” program to launch ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News The legal cannabis market in Canada is far bigger than expected, says one cannabis industry consultant, and he has the numbers to prove it. After seeing what he felt was a lack of solid data about the future of the Canadian cannabis market, Colin Firth teamed up with Oraclepoll Research earlier this year to ...

Article by National Post It’s cannabis day today at the meeting of federal, provincial and territorial health ministers in Edmonton. Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is to deliver an update on progress to have marijuana legalized as of July 1. Ottawa is in charge of the overall rules on health and the Criminal Code on the cannabis project, but ...

Article by Brooks Hays , UPI Mention “weed paper” and people are likely to think the subject is something other than science. Not so for a group of horticulturalists in Canada. Researchers at the University of Guelph, in Ontario, claim to have published the first scientific paper on marijuana cultivation in North America. “Growing marijuana has been illegal for so many ...

Article by Armina Ligaya, National Post Licensed marijuana producer Aphria Inc. dug in its heels Tuesday, determined to remain on the Toronto Stock Exchange despite a warning from the group that operates the index that pot firms with U.S. exposure could face delisting. Shares of Aphria (TSX:APH), which expanded into Florida in April, closed 13 per cent lower on Tuesday ...

Article by Adam Proskiw, Infotel A woman licenced by Health Canada to grow marijuana for sick patients is suing the RCMP for a raid that left her home in ruins and cost her thousands of dollars in damages and lost property. Barbara Lynn Multan, 52, says she was feeding her horse at her Joe Rich home in March 2013 when uniformed ...