Article by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca UPDATE: The Green Leaf Dispensary is confirmed reopened and the 2 arrested are released! Monday night Toronto Police Services executed a search warrant at The Green Leaf (2145 Danforth Ave.) and arrested two individuals. The raid is currently in progress and few details are known about the situation. Stay posted to Dankr.ca for more updates as ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News Enrolment in Health Canada’s personal cultivation program has nearly doubled in less than three months, according to new figures from the agency. To handle this, Health Canada’s Office of Medical cannabis recently hired 17 new employees to help with processing and responding to questions. As of May 1, there are now 4,480 Canadians with ...

Article by John Hiltz, Marijuana.com Say it ain’t so! The Toronto Dispensary Coalition, which serves as the governing body for medical cannabis clinics across the GTA, is steaming mad at the cops and fighting back, demanding the 90 charges that have been laid against the staff and owners of 45 dispensaries get thrown out immediately. These charges were brought on ...

Article by Jermiah Vandermeer, Now Toronto Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to legalize marijuana and his Liberal government recently introduced Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, to Parliament. The historic move places Canada at the forefront of global cannabis law reform, but critics across the country are speaking out about the potential dangers of the governments new plan. I ...

Article by David Bell, CBC News A Canadian snowboarder who was temporarily stripped of his Olympic gold medal for having trace amounts of marijuana in his system is now in the medical cannabis business and says the product — set to be legalized next year — could be the new wine. “It was a quick shift,” Ross Rebagliati told CBC News. “Even the ...

Article by Mike “DJ” Pizzo, Medium Picture this. You are preparing an elegant dinner for yourself and your significant other. You head into a liquor store looking for the perfect alcoholic beverage to compliment the flavors of your meal. Do you walk up to the counter and ask the shopkeeper for the bottle with the highest alcohol percentage? Most likely ...

Article by Jaela Bernstien, CBC News An activist group is encouraging people charged with marijuana-related offences to purposely clog up the courts, to punish the system for prosecuting them. Quebec-based marijuana activist Ray Turmel says if the government is going to treat people like criminals for what he calls “peanut” offences, then he’s going to hit back the best way he ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Sun Canada’s medical marijuana growers will have to start testing all their products for unauthorized pesticides, says Health Canada, stepping up the government’s response to concerns about tainted marijuana. The policy was announced Friday night as the department released test results that showed another marijuana producer, Ontario-based Peace Naturals Project Inc., had a plant test ...

Article by Canadian Press via CTV News The New Brunswick government is moving ahead with plans to establish a thriving marijuana industry once the drug is legalized in Canada. Premier Brian Gallant issued a statement Friday confirming that St. Thomas University in Fredericton will establish a new research chair on cannabis. The government says the position is believed to be ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News Press Release, Victoria, B.C.: A group of cannabis related business and advocates in Victoria have endorsed a slate of Green Party candidates on Southern Vancouver Island in the upcoming provincial election. Alex Robb, General Manager of Trees Dispensary, said: “From the perspective of the local cannabis industry, this is the most important election in ...