Article by CBC News Ontario’s premier is calling Doug Ford’s comments on marijuana sales “reckless” after the Tory leader suggested legalized pot be sold in places other than government-run stores. Premier Kathleen Wynne says Ontarians don’t want “cannabis sold next to candy bars” in corner stores. Ford, who was elected leader of the province’s Progressive Conservatives late Saturday, told CBC ...

Article by Kate Robertson, Lift News Doug Ford surprised absolutely no one when he announced he’d consider amending the Liberal plan to distribute recreational cannabis through a government monopoly to include private shops. The Ontario Progressive Conservative leader – who is alleged to have sold hash when he was in high school – made the cannabis comments this week on CBC Ottawa after narrowly winning ...

Article by John McPhee, The Chronicle Herald The legalization of pot may be looming but that doesn’t mean police are backing off their crackdown on the “grey” marijuana market. Most recently, RCMP in Colchester County raided the Community Compassion Centre in Bible Hill. They seized cash, marijuana, marijuana derivatives and drug paraphernalia, and charged Ricky Joseph Leclerc, 51, of Upper ...

Article by Haydn Watters, CBC News There’s been much bickering about how bland and boring the logo is for the recently announced Ontario Cannabis Store, called the OCS for short. But a handful of Ontario businesses, organizations and schools are facing a far more complex problem — they now share an acronym with the new shops that will sell pot provincially once it’s legalized. ...

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Article by Alex Cooke, Halifax Today The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary is seeking compensation for products seized by the police in 2014. He’ll be in court Thursday fighting for what he says is rightfully his. Chris Enns is the owner of Farm Assists Cannabis Resource Centre. He says despite being authorized by Health Canada to grow cannabis, he’s ...

Article by Ontario Ministry of Finance Ontario is stepping up support for municipalities and law enforcement to help ensure communities and roads are safe in advance of the federal government’s legalization of cannabis. The province will provide $40 million of its revenue from the federal excise duty on recreational cannabis over two years to help all municipalities with implementation costs related ...

Article by CBC News Newly elected Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says he’ll cut taxes and repeal Ontario’s sex education curriculum, and is open to a hands-off approach to cannabis once it’s legalized. “I don’t believe in the government sticking their hands in our lives all the time. I believe in letting the market dictate,” he told CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning on Tuesday. The former ...

Article by A.J. Herrington, High Times We just learned of a Canadian man responsible for fatal shatter lab explosion given prison sentence for his crimes on Monday. Presiding Justice Johanne Lafrance-Cardinal sentenced Andrew Ross, 28, of Cornwall, Ontario to 6.5 years in prison for the death of Michael Lalonde. Ross and Lalonde were both tenants in the same apartment building when the explosion occurred. ...

Article by Mike Okada, Cannabis Life Network Perhaps in response to strict cannabis marketing restrictions, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario has unveiled the name and logo for their cannabis stores, choosing the literal over creative with “Ontario Cannabis Store”. According to the LCBO, “The name is designed to convey a safe, simple and approachable environment for consumers, and agency employees, ...