Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen Ottawa police raided two more marijuana dispensaries Tuesday, this time targeting a locally owned chain that was the first to open shop in town. Police executed search warrants at the Magna Terra Health Services dispensaries on Carling Avenue and on Iber Road in Stittsville. They carted away bags of dried weed, edible cannabis products ...

Article by Joseph Tunney, CBC News Saint John police conducted raids Tuesday morning on four companies running marijuana dispensaries, halting business again about two months after the shops were raided a first time. Sgt. Charles Breen issued a news release saying the raids were conducted by members of the Saint John Police Force, Kennebecasis Regional Police, and RCMP. “As a result of ...

Article by Alex MacPherson, Saskatoon StarPhoenix Ed Secondiak, who spent more than two decades with the RCMP before founding the drug and alcohol testing company ECS Safety Ltd., worries the federal government’s push to legalize marijuana could create problems for workers and employers. He spoke with the StarPhoenix in advance of his scheduled speech Tuesday to the Saskatchewan Workers Compensation Board’s (WCB) Compensation ...

Article by Canadian Underwriter One in 10 Manitoba drivers who participated in voluntary roadside surveys conducted last fall tested positive for drugs, according to the recently released survey findings. Manitoba Crown Services Minister Ron Schuler and Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) announced the findings of the Manitoba Drug and Alcohol Roadside Survey last week, the purpose of which was to establish ...

Article by Dan Fumano, Vancouver Sun Canada’s “Princess of Pot” flew home to Vancouver Monday to cut ties with the cannabis empire she and her husband spent decades growing. Jodie Emery returned to her Chinatown apartment for the first time since being released from custody earlier this month in Toronto, where she, her husband Marc Emery, and three other associates in the Cannabis Culture business were arrested ...

The Green Market Toronto was born out of the Project Claudia raids and the police crack down on edibles. Without edibles, patients are forced to smoke or vaporize their cannabis, neither of which is particularly healthy. Through a court battle, R. v. Smith, it was ruled that medical marijuana patients have the right to possess cannabis in all of its ...

Article by CBC News The Manitoba government is moving to set restrictions on marijuana similar to those on alcohol. Proposed legislation would list marijuana as an intoxicant and ban people from consuming it in a vehicle. Police would also have the right to suspend a driver’s licence for 24 hours — similar to an alcohol provision — if they thought ...

Article by CBC News The City of Victoria is preparing to launch legal action against pot shops that aren’t following municipal rules. Regulations for pot shops went into effect in the fall of 2016 and according to city clerk Chris Coates, owners of most of those stores have applied for the necessary business licences and zoning. However, there are still ...

Article by CBC News Ed Secondiak thinks workplaces need to educate their employees on safety with regards to cannabis in light of increased use and pending legalization. The former RCMP officer said the goal isn’t to punish people, but to be proactive to avoid unintended consequences of marijuana use, like workplace accidents. “We’re not concerned about whether it’s illegal or legal. Our concerns more ...

Article by Samantha Craggs, CBC News A Hamilton grad student has filed a human rights complaint against McMaster University after the university excluded her from an overseas trip over her use of medical marijuana. Halima Hatimy says she was supposed to take a course trip to Ghana — part of her goal to pursue a career in international healthcare and water security ...