A former illicit drug user says cannabis use helped her quit heroin and meth. Linda Aylesworth tells us why she isn’t alone in finding cannabis use as a tool to harm reduction. Source link
A Vancouver city councillor says she’s concerned compliance officers won’t have the necessary resources to effectively make use of new COVID-19 enforcement powers. On Friday, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth granted new authority to police, liquor, gaming, and cannabis inspectors and conservation officers to issue… Read More »Vancouver councillor says more resources needed to enforce new COVID-19 fines
Nineteen people face charges after Ontario Provincial Police seized nearly 1,900 cannabis plants in the Municipality of Trent Hills on Wednesday. As part of an investigation led by the OPP’s Community Street Crime Units from Northumberland, Peterborough and City of Kawartha Lakes, officers on Wednesday… Read More »19 arrested after nearly 1,900 pot plants seized in Trent Hills: Northumberland OPP – Peterborough
An Alberta company is marketing antibody tests to Canadians who want to know if they were previously exposed to COVID-19, even if they currently test negative for the coronavirus. “The antibody test is really to tell you if you’ve come into contact with COVID in… Read More »Would you pay $165 to find out if you had coronavirus?
A Calgary addictions recovery centre has seen its waiting list numbers spike and officials are linking that to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more: Coronavirus: Calgary mental health services want you to reach out, be self-compassionate Zak Mohamed couldn’t recognize himself when he started his four-month… Read More »Calgary addiction recovery centre links COVID-19 to spike in waiting list: ‘Nobody is immune’ – Calgary
Seven people were arrested and thousands of cannabis plants were seized after two drug raids in Ontario’s Addington Highlands. On Aug. 12, OPP say they entered two residences in Addington Highlands, one on Freeburn Road and the other on Clark Line Road, and seized 5,000… Read More »7 arrested in seizure of 5,000 cannabis plants in Addington Highlands: OPP
Apple has dropped the hugely popular Fortnite game from its App Store after the game’s developer introduced a direct payment plan that bypasses Apple’s platform. Apple takes a 30 per cent cut from in-app revenue purchases, which has long been a sore spot with developers.… Read More »Apple drops ‘Fortnite’ game from App Store due to direct payment plan – National
Northumberland OPP say a charge has been laid in an investigation into a conspired kidnapping. On July 13, officers located a black GMC Sierra pickup truck parked behind a barn of the Roseneath fairgrounds in Alnwick-Haldimand Township, north of Cobourg. Police say the driver of… Read More »Northumberland OPP lay conspiracy charge in alleged kidnapping plot – Peterborough
A simple vehicle equipment stop in southwestern Saskatchewan turned into a significant meth and fentanyl drug bust, RCMP said. Members of the Swift Current detachment stopped a vehicle early on Aug. 8 on Highway 1 near Waldeck for a vehicle equipment regulation violation. Police have… Read More »Manitoba man charged after meth, fentanyl seized during Saskatchewan traffic stop
After nearly a year of next-to-no deal-making, cannabis companies are gearing up for mergers and acquisitions as realistic stock valuations and the prospect of U.S. legalization attract buyers to a sector that has been decimated by oversupply and other issues, executives and investors say. Profitable… Read More »Cannabis industry looking to expand as election brings prospect of US legalization – National