Article by CBC News With marijuana legalization right around the corner, some cannabis entrepreneurs have already jumped at the opportunity to teach others how to grow their own pot for a price. “I know there’s universities and colleges picking up commercial farming, but when it comes to a little course for homegrowing, this is it,” cannabis activist and entrepreneur Abi ...

Article by Mike Okada, Cannabis Life Network On Nov. 4th, 2016, Ottawa Police raided 6 dispensaries and arrested 9 frontline employees (also known as budtenders). All 9 budtenders have been charged and to make matters even worse, their employers have abandoned them- that means no lawyer, no legal fees, nothing. The cannabis community is famous for coming together and helping ...

Article by Global News Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says the Conservative government’s decision to launch a free market for medical marijuana is a move in the wrong direction. Trudeau spoke Wednesday to hundreds of students at the University of Manitoba about a variety of issues, including economic growth and poverty. When pressed for his views on the subject, Trudeau said he’s ...

Article by Salma Ibrahim, CBC News Protesters took to the lawns of Queen’s Park Saturday to highlight issues with what they’re calling the province’s “marijuana monopoly.” “It’s unfair that the government that has persecuted us will charge high prices, tax us too high and control our industries,” Mark Emery, Toronto’s so-called “prince of pot” told CBC Toronto. Emery, who says he has been arrested ...

Article by Evanghelia K, High! Canada   Hello & Happy August all you gorgeous Souls! Hope the summers been treating you well & you’ve all made some everlasting memories. It’s been a busy summer for this girl. Wish I could say it was full of travel to Exotic Islands, but that would be a lie. It has however been a summer ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen An advocate for medical marijuana users says patients are concerned their supply is going to be pinched by the looming demand for recreational weed. It’s a worry sparked by an inconvenient truth: if Canada legalizes recreational marijuana, as planned, by next summer, there probably won’t be enough pot to go around. Health Canada says it ...

Article by Colin Bambury, for Dankr.ca. Meet-ups Find a local meet-up for cannabis entrepreneurs and professionals. These events can be found in large cities like Toronto and Vancouver. If you live in a small town, why not create your own meet-up for locals interested in the industry? You can connect with your town’s cannabis community using online forums like Reddit ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News Now that Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, has made its way through the House Standing Committee on Health (with a few amendments attached), it is making its way back to the House for report stage and third reading. This is currently scheduled for on or after Monday, Oct 16. Report stage will allow for the House to ...

Article by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News The chief of Tobique First Nation says the RCMP raid on the community’s new marijuana dispensary Thursday prompted a blockade that could have turned into a “full-out conflict.” Ross Perley says Tribal ReLeaf, which opened in July, is 51 per cent-owned by the band and has the full support of band council as a “pain management centre.” “We’re sick ...

Article by St Catharines Standard Niagara Regional Police say they have shut down two mutlimillion-dollar marijuana growing operations in Beamsville. Police say the grow ops — one at 5377 King St. W. and the other at 4390 South Service Rd. — had licences to produce medical marijuana. However, in a news release police say the operations provided Health Canada with ...