Councillor Rebecca Bligh would like city staff to prepare an alternate fee structure that lowers the license fee and will support growth in the legal cannabis industry in Vancouver.
British Columbia
Sunshine Coast looks to gain more control over personal, designated medical cannabis growers
The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) passed a motion last week to ask the federal government for local governments and the RCMP to have more control in managing personal and designated medical cannabis grows.
BC Civil Resolution Tribunal rules against billboard company in dispute with a First Nations dispensary chain
The BC Civil Resolution Tribunal dismissed claims against a billboard company in dispute with a First Nations dispensary chain Indigenous Bloom for payment of services following a warning issued by the province.
BC government says owners of illegal cannabis grow-op used third party to hide property’s true ownership
The BC government says the owners of a Richmond property that was raided in 2020 for housing an illegal cannabis grow facility have used a third party ‘nominee’ to hide the property’s true ownership to avoid government forfeiture.
Surrey Drug Unit busts illegal cannabis operation
Surrey RCMP’s Drug Unit say a three month long investigation into an illegal cannabis trafficking operation resulted in a large scale raid following the receipt
RCMP seize 3,230 cannabis plants in ongoing investigation of illicit production in BC
Federal Serious & Organized Crime investigators seized a large quantity of cannabis plants and packaged cannabis after searches were conducted on a Langley property on
Cannabis edibles raid leaves couple’s home ransacked and without power for three days
A couple recently caught up in a raid of their unlicensed home-based edibles business says they are still awaiting charges and were left to clean
Tricanna Industries Inc.
Dayna Lange is the Managing Director, CFO and Co-Founder at Tricanna Industries Inc., a third party toll processor located in Mission, British Columbia, about one
Accident on a highway in Northern BC contained shipment of medical cannabis
A local media report confirmed today that an accident involving a semi-trailer on a highway in Northern BC contained a shipment of medical cannabis. UPDATE:
16 arrested and 800 cannabis plants seized in raid in Merritt, BC
Sixteen people have been arrested and cannabis and cannabis growing equipment have been seized as a result of a search warrant executed yesterday by Merritt
BC police seize more than 18,000 cannabis plants, hundreds of kg dried cannabis connected to organized crime in “Project Rolling Thunder” and “Project Big Smoke”
Police in BC announced the results today of two investigations connected to a “dial-a-dope” operation in South Delta. Warrants were executed in two locations in Delta, and three locations in Richmond.
UBC researching powdery mildew-resistant cannabis
Researchers at the University of British Columbia are looking at ways to breed a powdery mildew-resistant variety of cannabis.
