cannabis

Nova Scotia

Cannabis is emerging as a new battleground over Mi’kmaw rights

It’s no mistake that Thomas Durfee calls his cannabis and cultural arts store in north-end Dartmouth, N.S., a “truckhouse,” a…

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Nova Scotia

Mother says package presenting cannabis like a ‘treat’ put children in hospital

The mother of a nine-year-old boy says packaging that depicts highly potent cannabis as a “treat” led her son and…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax elementary students taken to hospital after eating cannabis edibles

Police say five Halifax elementary students were taken to hospital after eating cannabis edibles that one of them had brought to…

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Canada

Winnipeg foster home operator that gave cannabis to kids in care blasts province’s decision to cut ties

A private foster home operator that gave cannabis to kids in Child and Family Services care is blasting the province’s decision…

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Canada

RCMP relaxes cannabis rules for some officers, moves to ‘fit for duty’ standard

The RCMP has eased its policy on cannabis use by members, saying simply they must be fit for duty when…

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Tech

Traces of cannabis in human bones suggest 17th-century Italians were recreational pot users

People have been consuming weed for a very long time. Ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote about flowers with psychotropic effects in 440 BC,…

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Canada

Being arrested in Japan convinced Olympic snowboard champ Ross Rebagliati to devote his life to cannabis

Five years after the legalization of cannabis in Canada, Olympic gold medalist and cannabis entrepreneur Ross Rebagliati says government restrictions…

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Canada

The razzle-dazzle days of Canada’s cannabis industry are over as pot industry faces downturn

When Abi Roach thinks about the 20 years she spent fighting for Canada to legalize cannabis, she says pot legislation…

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Health

5 years of legal cannabis: fewer charges, many hospitalizations and more than a few questions

When Canada legalized the use of cannabis in October 2018 after decades of prohibition, the goals were to improve safety and…

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Nova Scotia

345 bags of suspected cannabis seized at Halifax port, CBSA says

Nova Scotia The Canada Border Services Agency says it seized 345 bags of suspected cannabis late last month while inspecting a marine…

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