Article by Jeff Lagerquist, CTV News Proposed changes to Canada’s impaired driving laws could allow police to show up at your doorstep and demand a breath sample a full day after you arrive at home, according to a criminal lawyer studying the issue. Officers may also be within the law to lay charges within two hours of a driver exiting ...
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The Canna Chocolatier – Solid Dark and Solid White Chocolate Bites Video Review
Review by Michael Kushbury, for Dankr.ca. The Canna Chocolatier Overview: The Canna Chocolatier is a producer of artisan quality chocolates infused with THC distillate. I first became aware of him through his Instagram account and was mesmerized by the look of his creations! Accessing The Canna Chocolatier: The Canna Chocolatier can be contacted through his Instagram page @TheCannaChocolatier or email ...
Read More »London Police Raid Richmond Row Marijuana Dispensary
Article by Megan Stacey, The London Free Press Police targeted a highly visible London marijuana dispensary in a crackdown Wednesday morning, arresting five people and angering customers. More than a half-dozen officers raided the London Relief Centre on downtown’s Richmond Row at about 10 a.m., yelling for everyone to get out, said a woman who witnessed the raid. “It was ...
Read More »Ontario Considers Pricing Recreational Pot at $10 a Gram, Above Market Average
Article by Mike Crawley, CBC News The government of Ontario is looking at setting retail prices for recreational marijuana in the range of $10 a gram, CBC News has learned. Until now, the provincial government has been reluctant to make public any specific figures about the price of pot, the expected demand or potential revenues from taxation once cannabis is legalized across ...
Read More »As Ottawa Ponders Public Pot Ban, Denver Opens Door To Smoking Rooms
Article by Amanda Pfeffer, CBC News As the City of Ottawa begins to ponder its options for regulating marijuana — including an outright ban on public consumption of the drug — Denver, Colo., is setting the stage for legal smoking rooms, and at least one pot advocate there is recommending this city loosen up. Denver is about to become the first jurisdiction in ...
Read More »Ontario College To Offer 1st Post-Secondary Certificate In Cannabis Production
Article by National Post A southern Ontario college says it will be the first to offer a post-secondary credential in the production of commercial cannabis. Niagara College says the graduate certificate program will launch in the fall of 2018 and aims to prepare students to work in the licensed production of cannabis, which includes marijuana, hemp fibre and hemp seed. ...
Read More »Talking to Miss Envy About Cannabis, East Hastings, Treating Pain, & 3 Things You Absolutely Need For a Healthier Life
Article by High! Canada High! Canada Magazine got the opportunity to sit down with the one and only Miss Envy recently. Having become somewhat of an icon with the Canadian Cannabis industry, it’s a real honour to sit down and talk to the incredible woman behind the Miss Envy brand and its incredible line of products. Many of which are considered ...
Read More »Will Canadian Black Market Thrive Without Inclusive Cannabis Industry?
Article by Brendan Bures, Fresh Toast Whenever a government legalizes cannabis and attempts to construct a regulated framework their citizens can freely participate in worry-free, what they’re really doing is replacing an unchecked, illegal black market. But those who participate in that ecosystem, even just as consumers, faced criminal charges if caught. That record could bar individuals from employment from an ...
Read More »“Exchanging Prohibition for Extreme Regulation”: Toronto Braces for New Cannabis Reality
Article by Sam Riches, Leafly On the morning of Thursday, May 26, 2016, Trevor Harris* was sitting in a Toronto dispensary cutting cannabis into small amounts, grams and eighths, preparing it for sale. It had been a slow morning for the budtender. He had just finished helping a customer choose a topical product, a balm to treat their rheumatoid arthritis, ...
Read More »Toronto Licensing and Standards Committee – Cannabis Testimony – September 18, 2017
Video by Toronto City Council Thank you to all the fabulous activists who are standing up for all of our rights! Thank you to Clint Younge, Kevin Hall, Jodie Emery, Jamie Shaw, Shawn Dang, Lisa Campbell, Melissa Rolston, Abi Roach, and Tania Cyalume! City of Toronto Recommendations for Cannabis Legalization Origin (September 13, 2017) Report from the Executive Director, Municipal ...
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