Article by David Brown, Lift News DOJA Cannabis, a small licensed medical cannabis producer in Kelowna BC, this week announced the successful importation of cannabis seeds from overseas. With this import,DOJA becomes one of only a handful of licensed producers to have recently successfully navigated the legal import process for genetics from overseas. BC’s Tantalus Labs also underwent a similar ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News  a government notice of motion on Tuesday, the Government Representative in the Senate, Senator Peter Harder, gave notice that at the next sitting of the Senate he will move for a committee to consider Bill C-45 Harder’s motion is that on 3:30 pm (ET) on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, the Senate resolve itself into a ...

Review by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca. It’s truly an amazing time we live in currently in Canada. We have a robust medical cannabis system with thousands of at home producers as well as “legalization” a year away. Just like most individuals in the cannabis community I am not happy with how legalization looks like it will be implemented, but it ...

Article by Lift News Toronto Police announced today that they raided Eden at 760 Queen Street West. Seven employees were arrested and products and cash were seized. This is the second time in a few days that the location has been raided by police. Police raided the same location on Friday, Dec 8, seizing product and arresting five employees. According to a ...

Article by Manisha Krishnan, Vice News Last month, Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi told weed dispensaries in the province to consider themselves “on notice.” The government has now elaborated on that ominous warning with details on how it will take down dispensaries through enormous fines and jail time. In a bill tabled yesterday, the province said it will target individuals, ...

Article by Sarah Smellie, CBC News A budding local marijuana supplier says the provincial government overlooked Newfoundland and Labrador growers in their recent pot supply deal with a mainland company. “It is kind of annoying when your own government is using your own taxpayers’ dollars to compete against you,” said Bond Rideout, CEO of NLMedicorp, who has been working on transforming ...

Article by Joelle Kovach, The Peterborough Examiner The province has announced that Peterborough and Lindsay are each getting a government-run standalone marijuana store in July. Although city CAO Allan Seabrooke told The Examiner on Friday that a pot shop is coming to Peterborough this summer, the provincial government confirmed it with an announcement on Tuesday. Peterborough and Lindsay were both on a new list ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News Provincial laws that bar people from growing their own marijuana will certainly be challenged in the courts, and the challenges have a “a decent chance” of success, legal experts say. The federal cannabis legalization bill, now in the Senate, allows individuals up to four cannabis plants, so long as there aren’t more than four in ...

Article by Rob Ferguson and Robert Benzie, The Toronto Star   The trillium is Ontario’s official flower and marijuana could now be considered the province’s official weed with the passage of the Cannabis Act. Liberals and New Democrats voted 63 to 27 in favour of the legislation Tuesday with the Progressive Conservatives opposed as the province now begins work in ...

Article by Phil Wong, High! Canada Sometimes I love my job, so when someone calls me out to tour a Licensed Producer facility and interview a cannabis scientist; this is one of those times! Today, I am fortunate enough to sit down and chat with Roger Ferreira, Chief Science Officer (Director). Thanks for the tour! Great facility you have here. ...