Article by Tracy Curley, Twelve High Chicks “Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd; Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back.” —Take Me Out to The Ball Game, Norworth/Von Tilzer, 1908. Do you remember eating Cracker Jack as a kid? That box of buttery caramel popcorn with a ...
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Molson Coors Calls Legal Marijuana a “Risk Factor” For Its Beer Business
Article by Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Molson Coors Brewing Co. now considers legal cannabis a potential “risk factor” to its business. Molson Coors, which maintains headquarters in Denver and Montreal, on Wednesday joined the growing ranks of established, traditional publicly traded companies to address the burgeoning marijuana industry in their annual financial reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In the ...
Read More »Mary’s Wellness – Mary’s Brew Review
Reviewed by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca. Mary’s Wellness Overview: Mary’s Wellness is a health conscious medical cannabis company that offers a non-smoking option to consuming your cannabis. Mary’s Wellness makes different flavours of infused teas all containing THC and CBD. Accessing Mary’s Wellness: Mary’s Wellness was available in many Toronto dispensaries and out at events, but unfortunately are harder to find ...
Read More »After The Raid at First Nations Medicinal
Article by Smoke Signals Chadwick McGregor and Eliot Gautier run First Nations Medicinal based in Wahnapitae First Nation, located about 45 minutes north of Sudbury store after their store was raided by police. Although the police took money and medicines, they did not issue formal charges as McGregor and Gautier relate. Read the full article here.
Read More »That Time We Invented the CCBO – the Cannabis Control Board of Ontario
Article by Matt Mernagh, Lift News Creating a Cannabis Control Board of Ontario (CCBO) made plenty of sense in April of 2005, when a roomful of advocates gathered at the Niagara Falls Public Library for a cannabis conference. The day featured panels, guest speakers and concluded with the second annual Highway 420 Smoke Out. We discussed a wide range of ...
Read More »Meet the 24-Year-Old Fighting for Canadian Cannabis Patients’ Rights
Article by Elianna Lev, Leafly Jonathan Zaid never imagined that his chronic illness would set him on a path to leadership, helping Canadian patients gain access to affordable medicinal cannabis. But since becoming the founder and executive director of Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana (CFAMM), in 2014, Zaid can’t imagine doing anything else. Zaid’s journey to cannabis leadership ...
Read More »Senate Asked to Vote to Send Cannabis Act to Next Phase by March 1
Article by Canadian Senate Government Representative Office The Government Representative in the Senate is calling on Senators to dedicate the rest of February to debate a bill that would regulate and legalize cannabis in Canada in order to allow it to progress to the next legislative phase. Sen. Peter Harder proposed a timetable to Senate leadership on Tuesday that would ...
Read More »How to Make Cannabis-Infused Chocolate Strawberries For Your Valentine
Article by Deja Leonard, Lift News It’s Valentine’s Day, a day to treat someone you love, treat yourself or both. But what can you make that’s easy, delicious and romantic? Nothing says “I heart you” like a batch of homemade cannabis-infused chocolate strawberries! This dessert takes less than an hour to make. It will impress – and elevate – your sweetie. Ingredients 15-20 ...
Read More »Hamilton Police Ramp Up Raids on Storefront Pot Shops
Article by Matthew Van Dongen, Hamilton Spectator Police are cracking down on illegal storefront pot shops across Hamilton even as dispensary advocates prepare for “roundtable” discussions with city officials about their future. Operators of five MMJ and Pacifico medical marijuana dispensaries — spread across the lower city and on the Mountain — told The Spectator they were raided by police ...
Read More »Canadian Government Aims to Flush Out Marijuana Usage Stats With Wastewater Study
Article by Monique Scotti, Global News Statistics Canada will be taking a somewhat creative approach to figuring out how much pot Canadians are actually consuming after the drug is legalized this summer. Namely, testing the wastewater we flush down the toilet. The agency issued a call for tender for the work on Monday morning, noting that wastewater in “perhaps 15 or 20” municipalities across ...
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