Tag: British Columbia

Expensive Marijuana Bunkers

Island ‘potpreneurs’ and their expensive marijuana bunkers Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist Past a barbed-wire fence and motion sensors, and under the gaze of 31 cameras, Shawn Galbraith opens the door to a two-storey, windowless concrete structure amid the lush Central Saanich farmland. It’s the region’s […]

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Marijuana dispensaries double play

Tale of two cities: Pot dispensaries are OK in some places, a ‘violation’ in other parts of B.C. BY IAN AUSTIN, THE PROVINCE Realtors will tell you the three most important factors are location, location, location. The same applies to B.C.’s budding marijuana dispensary business: […]

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Cookie Power: How Cookies Changed The Law

Cookie Power: How Baking Cookies Has Changed The Law BY TED SMITH By Ted Smith Last week the BC Court of Appeal struck down the federal regulationsrestricting patients to using dried marijuana in a case regarding Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club ex-baker Owen Smith.  Patients now have the legal […]

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The Weed Guy wins in BC court

POT TV – TheWeedGuy, aka Mark Klokeid, is founder of Kush.ca and the iMedikate medical marijuana dispensaries in Vancouver. Watch his smoke-fests on Pot TV.   In this episode: In this episode: TheWeedGuy is at the Vancouver Provincial Court with his lawyer Kirk Tousaw where […]

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B.C.’s former top cop now advising legal grow-ops

B.C.’s former top cop Kash Heed a medical marijuana grow-op consultant By Emily Jackson Metro Contributed/Kash HeedA file photo of Kash Heed from his days as police chief in West Vancouver. The man responsible for shutting down hundreds of marijuana grow-ops in Vancouver and arresting record numbers […]

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Sensible BC Rally on FFFA-TV

Freedom Free For All community access TV presents We Are Change Victoria’s member Josh Steffler interviews a few local citizens rallying for the legalization of marijuana in BC. On February 11th 2014 Sensible BC organized a rally on the Legislature lawns demonstrating the growing public […]

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B.C. Justice concerned about new MMPR rules

Documents outline B.C. Ministry of Justice concerns over Ottawa’s new rules for medicinal marijuana by TRAVIS LUPICK on JAN 8, 2014 at 11:30 AM Internal memos released in response to freedom of information requests suggest both the B.C. Ministry of Justice and B.C. Ministry of Health are less than thrilled […]

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Secret B.C. lab breeds super weed

Secret B.C. lab breeds super weed BY MICHAEL MUI , 24 HOURS VANCOUVER FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2013 04:38 PM EST | UPDATED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2013 04:45 PM EST Lab manager Abdul Ahad examines marijuana inside MediJean’s secure Richmond facility on Monday. (CARMINE MARINELLI/ 24 HOURS) VANCOUVER – A […]

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Canadian Cannabis Connection: MMAR Patients

On this episode of The Canadian Cannabis Connection (CCC) Dan Dicks of Press For Truth delves deep into the world of medicinal cannabis by speaking with patients of the MMAR program who’s lives depend on having reasonable access to this medicine as guaranteed to them […]

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Sensible BC campaign encouraged to continue

Sensible BC canvassers vow to carry on by Deborah Pfeiffer – Dec 10, 2013 / 5:00 am The Sensible BC campaign did not end the way they hoped, but Penticton canvassers say they see no reason why they can’t try it again. Amanda Stewart, electoral riding coordinator […]

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Sensible BC with just two weeks left

B.C. marijuana petitioners face uphill battle in final two weeks of decriminalization campaign By Andy Radia | Canada PoliticsDana Larsen With just two weeks left to collect signatures in a ‘decriminalize marijuana’ petition drive in British Columbia, organizers say that they still have a long way to go […]

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Cannabus stalked by RCMP

Cannabus stalked by RCMP Posted on 11/12/2013 by xtofury Just A warning to those whom might be considering signing the Sensible BC petition (or even looking at their campaign in person).  The RCMP is targeting individuals that associate with the campaign in hopes of increasing drug busts.  Here’s a video […]

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WhyProhibition.ca Endorses Sensible BC

We know you haven’t heard from us for awhile, but it’s not because we’ve stopped working to end prohibition, but rather because we’ve been putting all of our time into a new project: Sensible BC. Sensible BC is currently working to force a vote on […]

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B.C. Ministry of Health strongly objected to some of MMPR

B.C. government and fed disagree on the Conservatives’ new rules for medicinal marijuana by TRAVIS LUPICK on OCT 4, 2013 at 11:45 AM With the switch from the old regulation to the Conservatives’ new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulation (MMPR), licence holders will only be allowed to purchase dried cannabis […]

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B.C. Bud

VICE Canada goes to Canada’s pot capital Vancouver, British Columbia, to research the marijuana industry, business, prohibition, and legalization activism. This news series is embedded below in 3 parts: PART 1 PART 2 PART 3

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