An Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant who had previously been found guilty by a professional standards bureau tribunal for speaking against prohibition at a conference in 2015 and had successfully appealed two of three charges, had the final charges recently dismissed by an Ontario court.
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Cannabis collective looks to connect home growers with patients in need
An organization in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is seeking to address some of the challenges the neighbourhood residents are facing when it comes to accessing cannabis legally, by connecting legal home growers with those in need of cannabis.
The state of legal cannabis in the Yukon
Territorial Cannabis While most of the country focuses on the larger provinces and the evolution of their cannabis regimes, Canada’s territories have remained somewhat under-reported.
Two Conservatives apologize over cannabis conspiracy theory
A former Conservative MP and a current Conservative MP who both raised a conspiracy theory about a ‘leaked task force report’ that supposedly led to a surge in the cannabis stock market in 2016 have recently apologized. Sort of.
Alberta court dismisses appeal in dispute between two cannabis retailers with similar names
An Alberta court has recently dismissed an appeal by one cannabis retailer who had sought an interim injunction against another retailer with a similar name
Reddit (sort of) bans popular cannabis discussion forum
Users trying to visit a popular forum focussed on discussing illicit online cannabis retailers in Canada were greeted by a message today saying the content
Australian Senate Standing Committee releases report on the current barriers to patient access to medicinal cannabis in Australia
Australia’s Senate referred the inquiry to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry on November 14, 2019. The 87-page report contains several references to other regulatory models around the world, including Canada’s own medical and non medical regulatory models.
New Cannabis Seeds Should Soon Be Available in Stores in BC
Geoff White, the owner of ProgenyBio Agricultural Services Inc. in Penticton, BC says he has been working with the province of BC’s Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) to get seeds from his cannabis nursery (under the brand erbaceous) available for sale to British Columbians potentially as early as this month.
