Article by Paul Wells, The Toronto Star When travelling, it’s handy to show some fluency in local dialects. “We are of course very alert to the challenges posed by the Southern resident killer whale pod,” Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, cool as a cucumber, as he stood on the dock at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, just outside Victoria. Of course ...

Article by Sean Allen, Brant News After Cannabis Culture cried uncle on Tuesday after continued arrests by the Brantford police street-crime unit, officers raided another dispensary Thursday and seized more than $24,000 worth of marijuana-related drugs. At noon on Thursday, the street-crime unit attended a different Colborne Street business, arresting two people and seizing a supply of pot, hash, resin ...

Article by Dirk Meissner, Global News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says regulating the sale of marijuana will protect young people and take money away from criminal gangs, but the government is drawing the line at pot when it comes to legalizing illicit drugs. The federal government’s approach on marijuana has two goals, Trudeau said Thursday during a visit to Canadian Forces ...

Article by Joe Fries, Penticton Herald The owner of a Penticton marijuana dispensary is now feeling the burn from his decision to do business without proper permits. Jukka Laurio applied to the city in December for a non-profit registration that would allow the Association for Medical Marijuana Awareness to operate out of the same building as his Herbal Green dispensary ...

Article by Courtney Dickson, CBC News After receiving complaints from constituents, a Conservative British Columbia MP says landlords should be able to decide if tenants can grow medical marijuana. Cathy McLeod has introduced a private member’s bill in the House of Commons requiring tenants in rental properties to get permission from their landlords if they want to grow medical marijuana. “If someone’s got a couple hundred ...

Article by Lift In a private meeting yesterday in downtown Toronto, the Honourable Anne McLellan, Chair of the government’s Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, spoke with various stakeholders in legalization to provide updates on the process and timeline. McLellan, who is also a Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones LLP, an international law firm based in Canada, spoke at ...

Article by David Brown, Lift Canada’s Minister of Health, the Honourable Jane Philpott, took questions today in the Senate’s Question Period, responding to numerous questions about various issues under Health Canada’s review, including two separate questions relating to cannabis legalization. The first question on marijuana legalization came from Senator Claude Carignan, the Conservative Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, who ...

Article by CBC News Darrell Dexter’s newest interest is marijuana. The former NDP premier of Nova Scotia is a vice-chair at Global Public Affairs, the country’s largest privately held government relations firm. Dexter will be leading the firm’s cannabis industry clients as marijuana legislation and regulations are rolled out. He spoke by phone from Calgary with the CBC’s Elizabeth Chiu. The ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen Sherry Morrison blames herself for her daughter’s arrest on drug trafficking charges. Her daughter, Cassandra Morrison, is among 17 Ottawa “budtenders” who have been charged in police raids on illegal marijuana dispensaries over the last four months. Morrison says her daughter was inspired to become a cannabis activist after she saw first-hand how medical ...

Article by Evelyn Harford, Smiths Falls Record News via Inside Ottawa Valley The health unit has acquired a few more marijuana googles to add to their educational arsenal – something that will come in handy now that legalized marijuana may soon be on the horizon. The goggles simulate the visual impairment one would experience under the influence of marijuana and ...