marijuana

Marijuana retail store in Blaine, Wa., just across the B.C. border. (Black Press files)

B.C. government marijuana stores will compete with private sellers

No sales in liquor or food stores, 30-gram maximum for public possession

Marijuana retail store in Blaine, Wa., just across the B.C. border. (Black Press files)
(Pixabay Photo)                                Ontario licensed marijuana producer Aphria has reached an agreement to acquire Ladysmith-based Broken Coast Cannabis in a deal worth $230-million. (Pixabay Photo)

Vancouver Island marijuana producer bought by Aphria in $230M deal

Aphria’s annual production forecast increases to 230,000 kgs

(Pixabay Photo)                                Ontario licensed marijuana producer Aphria has reached an agreement to acquire Ladysmith-based Broken Coast Cannabis in a deal worth $230-million. (Pixabay Photo)
Marijuana is grown for medical use, with production set to expand as recreational use is legalized. (Black Press files)

Use marijuana revenue for drug treatment, Todd Stone says

B.C. Liberal leadership candidate calls for dedicated fund

Marijuana is grown for medical use, with production set to expand as recreational use is legalized. (Black Press files)
Consider workplace safety in legalized marijuana rules, groups urge

Consider workplace safety in legalized marijuana rules, groups urge

WorkSafeBC prohibits workers with any impairments from work that could harm themselves or others

Consider workplace safety in legalized marijuana rules, groups urge
B.C. cities, police want money to enforce new pot laws

B.C. cities, police want money to enforce new pot laws

Feedback so far includes recommendations from Port Coquitlam and View Royal

B.C. cities, police want money to enforce new pot laws
Growing marijuana industry sparks new research around cannabis: scientists

Growing marijuana industry sparks new research around cannabis: scientists

The results of research on marijuana could be applied to other areas

Growing marijuana industry sparks new research around cannabis: scientists
Premier John Horgan speaks to reporters outside the B.C. legislature, Oct. 4, 2017 (Tom Fletcher/Black Press)

John Horgan blasts Ottawa’s marijuana tax grab

B.C. premier confident lumber talks not forgotten

Premier John Horgan speaks to reporters outside the B.C. legislature, Oct. 4, 2017 (Tom Fletcher/Black Press)
B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth (Black Press)

Saliva test likely for marijuana impairment

Enforcement must be ready by next July, Mike Farnworth says

B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth (Black Press)
A cashier rings up a recreational marijuana purchase in Nevada, where it has been legalized. (AP Photo/John Locher)

B.C. cities want more money, and more talk, on legal pot

A Union of B.C. Municipalities resolution says municipalities want help enforcing marijuana rules

A cashier rings up a recreational marijuana purchase in Nevada, where it has been legalized. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is sitting down to talk with ministers in Vancouver. (Canadian Press photo)

Pot to dominate talk as justice ministers meet in B.C.

Ottawa’s rushed marijuana legalization timeline has provinces concerned

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is sitting down to talk with ministers in Vancouver. (Canadian Press photo)
Legal pot may breathe life into small Canadian towns hit by resource losses

Legal pot may breathe life into small Canadian towns hit by resource losses

Harvest One Cannabis Inc.’s grow facility is on land owned by the Cowichan Tribes just outside Duncan

Legal pot may breathe life into small Canadian towns hit by resource losses
(Lode Van de Velde photo)

Delta greenhouse to produce pot by 2018

The 25 acre Ladner greenhouse could be converted to medical marijuana production by next year

(Lode Van de Velde photo)
City costs for Vancouver 4-20 marijuana protest more than $245,000

City costs for Vancouver 4-20 marijuana protest more than $245,000

About 4,000 people were believed to take part in the day’s event

City costs for Vancouver 4-20 marijuana protest more than $245,000