Article by Shawn Jeffords, National Post The Ontario government appeared to backtrack late Friday on an earlier statement that municipalities would be unable to opt out of hosting marijuana stores, raising more questions about the province’s readiness for the expected pot legalization next summer. The issue came up earlier this week after a City of Richmond Hill committee unanimously endorsed ...

Article by CBC News The Town of Kapuskasing is entering into a partnership to house a medical marijuana production facility. The deal has been years in the making. In 2014, CannAssist Canada Inc., the town and the local economic development corporation started discussions around the construction of a facility that would produce medical marijuana. On Tuesday, the town announced a ...

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 December 11, 2017: Ganja Pranayama (All Levels) When: 6:00pm-8:00pm Where: The House of Yoga (714 Bloor St W, Toronto) Price: $30/class, 5 classes for $125 Ganja all levels with Joel When: 8:30pm-10:30pm Where: The House ...

Article by Gloria Galloway, The Globe and Mail First Nations leaders say they must be given the right to govern the sale and distribution of legalized marijuana within their communities and to set the laws that will oversee its use by their people. Chiefs attending an annual conference of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) on Wednesday expressed wide-ranging views ...

Article by Laura Kane, CTV News David Brown’s marijuana marketing students are often shocked to learn how difficult it is to — well — market marijuana. Advertising medical cannabis is essentially banned in Canada, with some exceptions. Restrictions on recreational weed are set to be a bit looser, but Brown still advises students to think of the constraints as opportunities. ...

Article by Jeff Gray and Justin Giovannetti, The Globe and Mail The Ontario government says it will delay opening branches of its new cannabis retail chain in municipalities that object to having them. A handful of mayors in the Greater Toronto Area have said they do not want a marijuana store in their areas, even though they recognize they are ...

Article by Justin Ling, BuzzFeed News Canada is less than a year away from full-on marijuana legalization and lots of entrepreneurs are already getting a contact high off the prospect of making a buck from legal pot. Some have experience in the black market. Some come from the pharmaceutical industry. Others are horticulturalists and hippies. And some are cops. This ...

Article by Kyle Duggan, iPolitics Canada’s cities say they want in on the federal government’s proposed excise tax on cannabis sales in Canada because they’ll have to bear the brunt of enforcement on the “front lines.” The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is asking that a full third of the proceeds of the Liberal government’s proposed excise tax go to municipalities, a ...

Article by Cy Williams, High! Canada There are literally hundreds of edible companies currently active and selling their infused products across the Canadian marketplace. The proliferation of marijuana edibles for both medical and recreational purposes is giving rise to a cottage industry of baked goods, every possible sort of snack food, candies, infused oils, cookbooks and classes that promises a ...

Video by Pot TV Kirk Tousaw spoke on behalf of Cannabis Culture and other dispensaries at the Supreme Court of Canada on December 7th, 2017. Intervening in Her Majesty the Queen v. Gerard Comeau, a cross-border beer case which will have implications for all commercial sales between provinces, Kirk Tousaw defended Cannabis Culture and other Canadian dispensaries’ right to sell ...