Article by Emma Reilly, The Hamilton Spectator Walking into Pacifico Health and Wellness in Westdale feels much like walking into a spa: white walls, exposed wood beams, chic lighting, and calm atmosphere. Nevermind the fact that it’s a medical marijuana dispensary. Tamara Hirsch seems like an unlikely advocate for a controversial industry that exists in a legal grey area. The ...

Article by News 1130 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes the marijuana task force got it right when it suggested setting 18 as the minimum legal age for consuming pot. Trudeau made the comments during an interview with our Halifax station NEWS 95.7 this week. “The advisory board struck the balance classifying it along with alcohol as something that ...

Written by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca Breaking News: Dankr.ca was notified by an employee of The Relief Center, 328 Queen St. E. (Queen & Parliament) about being raided Sunday. No information has been released by Toronto police about the incident, yet. The Relief Center employee stated that they were raided Sunday by police, without a search warrant. Along with not having a search warrant, ...

Article by Toronto Police Services. On Monday, January 23, 2017, at 10:30 a.m., in the media gallery at headquarters, Superintendent Bryce Evans will update the media on recent marijuana dispensary robberies and the violence associated with them. Bobbie McMurrich, Victim Services Toronto Associate Executive Director, and Acting Inspector Steve Watts, Toronto Drug Squad, will also attend the news conference. The ...

Article by City News Three men and a woman are facing drug-related charges following a raid on a Toronto marijuana dispensary. Officers went to Weed The North on Eglinton Avenue West, near Dufferin Street, on Wednesday to execute a search warrant. They say officers seized 4.4 kilograms of marijuana, 59 kilograms of edibles, along with hashish, cannabis resin and $20,000 ...

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Article by Morgan Modjeski, Saskatoon StarPhoenix Saskatoon residents have a new avenue to clear the air about medical marijuana. Supplying customers with information, classes and access to doctors open to prescribing medical marijuana, National Access Cannabis (NAC) opened its Saskatoon location in early January. Promoting and educating people about marijuana as medicine, the business — which has locations across Canada — does not house ...

Article by Peter Chen, Lift Product recalls are a reality in almost every industry sector. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), 200 to 300 food recall incidents occurred yearly in Canada between 2006 to 2013. While recalls are an unfortunate event, they do show that measures are in place to ensure consumer safety. The recent recall of dried ...

Article by Mike Hagar, The Globe and Mail Two more licensed medical marijuana producers have voluntarily recalled hundreds of grams of the drug after traces of a controversial pesticide banned in Canada were detected in their supply, raising questions about Ottawa’s oversight of an industry expected to explode with the upcoming legalization of cannabis. Last week, Organigram, a publicly traded ...

Article by CBC News It’s hard to miss if you’re driving down one of Regina’s main thoroughfares: A green billboard with a marijuana leaf logo. For a few weeks, Vancouver’s Erbachay Health Centers has been advertising its medicinal marijuana delivery service with billboards in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. In Saskatchewan, they’re on electronic signs in Regina and Saskatoon. The product, the ...