Article by Josh Crabb, CTV News The federal governments marijuana legalization bill is set to take effect in less than a year but the results of a recent survey show Manitobans are uncomfortable with key aspects of the looming legislation. A CTV Winnipeg/Probe Research survey found Manitobans prefer tougher rules for marijuana than those currently in place for alcohol. Asked ...

Article by David Lea, Oakville Beaver With the full legalization of marijuana in Canada currently expected to be in place at some point in July 2018 there are no shortage of questions emerging. Residents will have an opportunity to have some of those questions answered during a Wednesday, Aug. 30 town hall in Oakville hosted by Canada’s Minister of Health Jane ...

Article by CTV News With the federal government’s plan to legalize recreational marijuana by July 2018, landlords across Canada have been raising concerns about marijuana use in rental units. Many landlords want to prohibit tenants from growing and smoking marijuana on their properties, but one lawyer says it may not be so easy. Bob Aaron, a Toronto-based real estate lawyer, ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen Ottawa police cracked down on the city’s illegal marijuana shops last week, raiding three of them. All three establishments restocked their shelves and opened again, demonstrating how difficult it has become to control the growth of dispensaries. There are at least 19 shops in Ottawa, more than when police began raiding them almost a year ...

Article by Lift News Toronto Police announced today that on Thursday, August 24, 2017, at 6 a.m., officers executed search warrants for a ‘drug lab’ and seized large sums of cannabis, edibles and cannabis products like shatter. Police say they seized 83.5 kg of marijuana, with what they say is a street value of $1 million, 26.3 kg of edible ...

Article by Harrison Jordan, Lift News While you will only be able to grow 4 plants at a time and will only have the ability to possess up to 30 grams of dried cannabis or its equivalent in public, Canada will become the first country to forego a limit on the amount of recreational marijuana you will be allowed to possess ...

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 August 28, 2017: Green Valley Wellness – Soft Opening in Whitby When: 10:00am-6:00pm Where: 1910 Dundas St. E., Whitby Price: Free food and beverages Ganja Pranayama (All Levels) When: 5:00pm-6:30pm Where: The House of Yoga ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News The Union of BC Municipalities will once again be discussing cannabis legalization at their upcoming annual convention being held this year in Vancouver. The convention will take place from Sept 25-29 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The UBCM is preparing an executive resolution for debate at the 2017 convention that will seek to provide ...

Article by National Post HALIFAX — RCMP raided a chain of marijuana stores in Nova Scotia, arresting 10 people including its owner and seizing drugs, money and even signage. Police raided five Tasty Budd’s stores, saying the outlets attempted to look like legitimate businesses — but weren’t. “These individuals have set up shop in our community operating as a criminal ...

Article by Lift News Health Canada is warning Canadians of an unauthorized product being sold in speciality tobacco stores and headshops in Edmonton that may be sold online, as well, that contains synthetic cannabinoids. The product, called Brainfreeze Potpourri or Brainfreeze Herbal Incense, is labeled as an herbal product and contains synthetic cannabinoids. Health Canada notes that when inhaled or ingested, synthetic ...