Article by Cy Williams, High! Canada High! Canada Magazine got to sit down recently with one our favourite internationally acclaimed cannabis advocates. Jamie Shaw has an extremely strong voice in the Canadian cannabis professional landscape and we are pleased to have her in the pages of our humble magazine. Jamie is the Government Relations Director for MMJ Canada, a Director ...
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Toronto Cannabis Events: January 8 – January 14, 2018
Toronto is an amazing city for cannabis with so many diverse events going on. Here is a list of the events going on this upcoming week and weekend: Monday January 8, 2018: GANJA YOGA all levels with Joel When: 7:30pm-9:30pm Where: The House of Yoga (714 Bloor St W, Toronto) Price: $30/class or 4 classes for $100 Tuesday January 9, 2018: HotBox Grow School ...
Read More »Abi Roach, Grey-Market Cannapreneur, Preps for the Legal Future
Article by Elianna Lev, Leafly Abi Roach lives her life on the edge of the law. As the founder of Toronto’s popular cannabis lounge the Hot Box Café (tagline: “Serving potheads since ah…we forgot”), she’s become exceptionally familiar with the grey zones of current marijuana legislation. “I’ve lived my life and operated this business by the white-grey line of the ...
Read More »Hash Church 2.0 Episode 1: Hashish Past Present and Future
Video by Bubbleman’s World Join us for an incredible show this upcoming Sunday . Super excited to announce Hash Church 2.0 this upcoming Sunday January 7th 2018 . Special Hashish : The Past Present and Future of Hashish. Panelists will include Etienne Fontan , Cuban Grower , Solventlessmind , Dablogic , Jibs John Bury from Trichome heavy extracts , Frenchy Cannoli ...
Read More »Canadian Cannabis Producers Set Their Sights on Global Domination
Article by Terry Reith, CBC News Medical marijuana consumers in Prague rang in 2018 with a new Canadian import, Tilray Milled Cannabis, a high THC marijuana product grown on Vancouver Island. The Czech Republic is just the latest nation to sell Canadian weed, joining Germany, Australia, New Zealand and a growing list of other nations which are turning to Canada as ...
Read More »Here’s How a U.S. Federal Marijuana Crackdown Could Affect Canada
Article by Patrick Cain, Global News On New Year’s Day, California became the latest — and most populous — U.S. state to legalize marijuana. But the U.S. federal ban on marijuana hasn’t gone anywhere, though a delicate Obama-era truce between Washington and states that have legalized recreational cannabis prevented a crackdown — up until now. As Californians revelled in their new-found freedom, federal Attorney General Jeff Sessions, ...
Read More »Employment Law 101 for Licensed Producers
Article by Christopher Munroe and Drew Demerse, Lift News So—you’ve finally received your license to produce. Congratulations! Now you’re probably thinking about everything you have to do to ramp up production. Probably not least on your enormous “to do” list is making sure you have the right people in place to make your venture a success. What you may not ...
Read More »Saskatchewan Only Province in Canada Without Plan For Legal Pot
Article by Alec Salloum, CBC News As the legalization of recreational marijuana draws closer, the Saskatchewan government has yet to unveil its plan to regulate the sale and use of pot. So far, every other province and territory, aside from Nunavut, has put forward a proposed plan as to how recreational marijuana will be sold, licensed and distributed. When asked when the province will ...
Read More »New Market Data Shows Continued Increase in ACMPR Enrollment by Canadians
Article by Lift News Health Canada has released their newest market data for medical cannabis, showing a continued increase in patient enrollments. 235,621 active registrations were recorded up to September 30, 2017 with the most registrations in Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia. For the first time since the program began, the total number of shipments went down slightly in September, with 109,603, ...
Read More »Alberta: Canada’s Cannabis Industry Capital
Article by Colin Bambury, High! Canada Canada has chosen to allow each province to create it s own regulations for the legal cannabis industry. Legalization will look vastly different depending on what part of the country you live in. Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick have all announced a strictly government-controlled public retail system. The provinces that have selected a free ...
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