British Columbians are taking a keen interest in a petition that asks for the Canadian government to fully repeal the prohibition of marijuana. Of 12,549 signatures gathered so far, residents of B.C. account for 5,133 of them. That’s 41 percent, whereas B.C. accounts for roughly 13 percent of the country’s...
Are Toronto and Vancouver in the midst of a pot-shop bubble? (The Globe and Mail) More of Vancouver’s illegal cannabis dispensaries are expanding their operations to Toronto, eyeing a larger market with zero regulations, especially with new bylaws on the West Coast threatening to disrupt their...
VANCOUVER — Three pot dispensaries have passed the second hurdle in the City of Vancouver regulatory process designed to exert some control over the shops that had grown to more than 100 by last year. The MPN Health Society on Kingsway, the Buddha Barn Medicinal Cannabis Society on Fourth Avenue in Kitsilano and the...
Aurora Continues Accelerated Growth
Weed Pleez TeamFebruary 2February 2Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Commodity, Green Rush, Legalization, Medical Marijuana
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Feb. 2, 2016) – Aurora Cannabis Inc. (“Aurora” or the “Company”) (CSE:ACB)(OTCQB:ACBFF)(FRANKFURT:21P) (WKN: A1C4WM) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Aurora Cannabis Enterprises Inc., a producer and distributor of medicinal cannabis pursuant to the Marihuana...
© tweed.com Mark Zekulin, president, Tweed Marijuana Inc. Some of Canada’s biggest producers of medical marijuana want the federal government to implement advertising regulations similar to those that govern the sale of alcohol, as they await the Liberal government’s long-promised legal recreational market. A...
Canada’s producers of medical marijuana are sitting on a seven-tonne stash of weed, with the inventory steadily growing as supply exceeds demand in the legal system, according to the most recent Health Canada numbers. Health Canada is currently studying 401 new applications for licences to produce cannabis for...
January 26, 2016 Unlicensed medical marijuana sellers must still pay tax, appeal court rules By MIKE HAGER Federal Court of Appeal ruling reasserts Ottawa’s right to collect sales taxes on any and all pot that is sold Canadians selling medical marijuana outside the licensed mail-order system must still watch out for...
There is an ugly trend that exists in society today, and it is affecting all of us. Revenue from natural resources, industry, agriculture, and more, is increasingly being leveraged away from the average Canadian and into the bank accounts of the wealthiest among us. Our legislators must now decide if they will...
VANCOUVER – Issues from increased funding to marijuana will be on the table when the provincial and territorial health ministers meet with their federal counterpart today in Vancouver. The ministers say they’ll be asking Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott to boost Ottawa’s share of health spending to at...
Strict federal regulations ensure their products are safe, of a reliable potency, and grown in a sterile environment, explains an infographic recently published by one of those licensed producers (LPs). But as the Straight reported last year and, again, last week(January 14), companies authorized under the Marihuana...
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