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Vancouver police are currently raiding the Hastings Street headquarters of Cannabis Culture cafe along with other pot shops across the country, while the owners of marijuana dispensary chain – Marc and Jodie Emery – remain in custody in Toronto. Canada's self-described Prince of Pot and his...

The city of Vancouver passed an ordinance last July to restrict the sight and smell of growing or processing cannabis. I lobbied the City Council for 5 months to change it. The Mayor gave me permission to grow 1 plant this year and said if anyone has any problems to contact him. So, that's...

Vancouver — A pot expo is taking over the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre this weekend — but it won't be like the controversial 420 rallies. Marijuana is entering the mainstream ahead of next year's federal legalization. Over 130 marijuana-related businesses and more than 10,000 people...

Vancouver - They are ubiquitous, still. Marijuana dispensaries, ranging in style from pristine to slightly scary to plain sad, continue to offer illicit products in Vancouver, despite an expensive effort by city officials to limit their number with rules and enforcement provisions unique in...

Vancouver - They are ubiquitous, still. Marijuana dispensaries, ranging in style from pristine to slightly scary to plain sad, continue to offer illicit products in Vancouver, despite an expensive effort by city officials to limit their number with rules and enforcement provisions unique in...

It's business as usual as far as pot goes in Vancouver. That's in spite of a warning from the Federal Minister of Justice. Earlier today, in announcing a marijuana legalization task force, Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said for the time being, pot remains illegal. "It is important for...

Last year, the annual Cannabis Day celebration in downtown Vancouver was marred by a police crackdown, resulting in four participants being pepper-sprayed and hauled away to jail. This year, organizers say a rival group called World Cannabis has "disrupted" the event outside the Vancouver Art...

City Council has voted to go ahead with rules to limit where medical marijuana counselling centres can set up. The city is trying to prevent the proliferation of these centres, as has happened in Toronto and Vancouver, and has come up with some land use regulations. The rules mean a...

City Council has voted to go ahead with rules to limit where medical marijuana counselling centres can set up. The city is trying to prevent the proliferation of these centres, as has happened in Toronto and Vancouver, and has come up with some land use regulations. The rules mean a...

"Doobies," the dude shouted Wednesday morning, from an empty stage. "There will be doobies. Lots of them." He paused, looked around. "Free doobies, for anyone here." The dude was getting bummed. There were few doobie takers outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, traditional home of what's become...

Vancouver's board of variance, which typically hears appeals on garages and back porches, found itself in unfamiliar territory Wednesday as it considered appeals from pot pedlars for relief from city decisions to snuff their trade in marijuana. Proponents for Cannpassion, Van City Medicinal...

Drug squads in Vancouver and Victoria have discretion on whether to bust illegal marijuana dispensaries, but police boards in those cities should have clear policies on when and why they enforce the federal laws prohibiting such storefront pot sales, says B.C.'s municipal police watchdog...

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Marijuana dispensaries in Southwest Washington lost about 37 percent in sales and tax revenue in the month October, according to data from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board. “Opening up 100 stores [in Portland] within driving distance is tough on everyone,” said Gareth Kautz, who...