Article by Katie Derosa, Times Colonist Nanaimo RCMP have shut down a marijuana dispensary located beside a daycare. Leaf Labs opened on Friday at 679 Terminal Ave., next door to Kids Kompany. On Monday, Mounties carried out a compliance check at the dispensary and said that evidence was found that violates the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. A 24-year-old man ...

Article by Grant Robertson, The Globe and Mail Patients who consumed tainted medical marijuana from government-regulated suppliers are questioning how safe the industry is in the wake of several high-profile recalls due to banned pesticides, which have exposed serious gaps in Health Canada’s oversight. After a string of recent recalls by Mettrum Ltd., OrganiGram Inc. and Aurora Cannabis Inc. because ...

Article by CTV Montreal Some Montreal landlords are banning the use of cannabis in their rental units. As the likely legalization of marijuana looms, many are currently renewing leases with a new clause that forbids tenants from smoking up. Rental property owners are asking tenants to sign new leases which would include a ban on smoking cannabis anywhere on the ...

Article by Jennifer Bieman, St. Thomas Times-Journal via London Free Press WeedMD has yet to sell its first bud, but that’s not stopping the Aylmer-based medicinal marijuana producer from growing its business. The budding industrial grow op, located in Imperial Tobacco’s shuttered plant, is eying a greenhouse expansion to increase its output tenfold to 300 kilograms per week – but ...

Article by Laura Kane, Times Colonist Garfield Mahood has spent 30 years fighting for the Canadian government to require plain packaging for cigarettes. So, the long-time non-smokers’ rights activist says he doesn’t have much faith in the government’s ability to regulate and restrict the marketing of marijuana. “They identified tobacco products as a cause of disease back in the 1950s,” ...

Article by Ron Seymour, The Kelowna Daily Courier It’s high time to force the closure of pot shops in downtown Westbank, city and police officials say. A new bylaw intended to curb the proliferation of stores selling so-called medicinal marijuana will be considered Tuesday by West Kelowna council. The proposed regulations set strict limits on where and how marijuana-growing businesses ...

Article by Cannabis Canada Association via News Wire Cannabis Canada Association welcomes Health Canada’s announcement that it will begin conducting random testing of medical cannabis products produced by licensed producers, to provide added assurance to Canadians that they are receiving safe, quality-controlled product. Cannabis Canada’s first priority, consistent with that of Health Canada, is to ensure that the health and ...

Article by Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun via Calgary Herald It was probably inevitable, especially on the cannabis-loving West Coast. A Christian church has been turned into a marijuana dispensary. The quaint building that used to house Shawnigan United Church on Vancouver Island has now been “re-christened” the Green Tree Medicinal Dispensary. There is symbolic power in the transformation. And, depending ...

Article by Alison Crawford, CBC News The federal justice minister says the work has already begun to eliminate many of the Criminal Code’s mandatory minimum sentences. In an interview with CBC News, Jody Wilson-Raybould said her department is dissecting every mandatory penalty on the books. “Certainly we recognize for the most serious crimes, mandatory minimum penalties are entirely appropriate, ” she said. “I’m going to be moving forward on ...

Article by Michael D Reid, Times Colonist Langford mayor Stew Young says he’s madder than hell and he’s not going to take it anymore. “I am not going to turn a blind eye to something illegal,” said Young, referring to the fact that the Green Tree Medical Dispensary, which sells marijuana, had reopened on the weekend. It had been shut ...