Article by Peter Armstrong, CBC News Canada’s cannabis industry is shedding its wild adolescence and maturing into adulthood as it prepares for the legalization of recreational marijuana this summer. Companies are bulking up, knowing the promise of billions of dollars will draw bigger players and more competition. That path to adulthood though is expensive and fraught with risk. So, it’s perhaps inevitable that Canada’s ...
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Green Dynasty – Pre Loaded Vape Pen Video Review
Review by Michael Kushbury, for Dankr.ca. Green Dynasty Overview: Green Dynasty is a new company on the Toronto scene with some interesting products, the crown jewel being the pre loaded vape carts we will be looking at today. Accessing Green Dynasty: Green Dynasty is fairly new and their website is currently being designed but their products can be found at ...
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Article by Kelly Gibson, High! Canada I use Medical Cannabis and have smoked joints predominately for the last 20 years, with very few negative side effects. I’m an advocate and have strong feelings about my rights to medicate. For the last two years, I have worked for a local Cannabis Recourse Centre and I write content for several online blogs. ...
Read More »22 Minutes: Buying Pot From Julian Fantino
Video by 22 Minutes As a politician and police chief, Julian Fantino opposed the legalization of marijuana. Now he’s cashing in. Read full article here.
Read More »Video: Canadian Conservative MP Peter Kent Compares Cannabis To Fentanyl
Video by The Rational National Canadian Conservative MP Peter Kent spewed a series of untruths during a debate against Bill C-45, so I debunk them. See source here.
Read More »Toronto Cannabis Events: November 27 – December 3, 2017
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 November 27, 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 ...
Read More »Are Canada’s Pot-Fearing Politicians Raising Children or Goats?
Article by Tabatha Southey, MacLeans Magazine Last week, Quebec’s minister for rehabilitation, youth protection, and public health, Lucie Charlebois, speaking on the talk show Tout le monde en parle, said: “I do not grow cannabis, but my neighbour grows it. If my grandchildren go to my neighbour’s house and inadvertently get into the marijuana plants and eat them, that’s not good.” ...
Read More »Will a Supreme Court Case End Provinces’ Pot Monopolies Before Legal Stores Even Open?
Article by Giuseppe Valiante, Global News As provinces begin drafting laws for the control and sale of cannabis on their territories, a case that the Supreme Court of Canada will hear in a few weeks threatens to derail their plans. Ontario and Quebec, for instance, want to create provincial cannabis monopolies. As a consequence, Quebecers and Ontarians would be prohibited from ...
Read More »Ontario Officially Passes $15 an Hour Minimum Wage Hike
Article by CTV News Ontario has passed sweeping labour reform legislation, which includes increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Currently at $11.60 an hour, the minimum wage will rise under the legislation to $14 an hour on Jan. 1, with the increase to $15 coming in 2019. The plan has proved largely popular in government polling and with ...
Read More »Tory MP Peter Kent Blasted For Comparing Homegrown Pot To ‘Putting Fentanyl On A Shelf’ Within Kids’ Reach
Article by Ryan Maloney, Huffington Post Federal New Democrats are calling on a Conservative MP to apologize to victims of Canada’s opioid crisis for suggesting legal marijuana is “just as dangerous as fentanyl.” Tory MP Peter Kent made the remark in the House of Commons this week while debating the Liberal government’s Bill C-45, which will legalize pot. The comment drew ...
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