Archive for the ‘Local’

CBC OF C MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES

We would like to thank the following companies for offering a discount to the CBC of C members. Show your membership card for discount, and please repect these companies’ goodwill by not purchasing for friends.

UPDATES, WARNINGS, AND SUGGESTIONS

By Gayle Quin The summer has gone by in a whirl, and through it all we have been blessed with meeting some very brave and special people. Since last fall, Jim, Ted, myself, and some other brave souls from the club, have been delivering to home bound members up and down the island. It has [...]

Product Development

CBCoC, and other dispensaries across Canada, filling the void left by the federal MMAR program By Owen Smith In the Summer edition, I discussed the advancements that the Cannabis Buyers’ Club of Canada has made over the years in developing medicinal cannabis products. It’s been our priority to provide our members with as many alternatives [...]

HEMPOLOGY 101 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Fall 2010 – Spring 2011 Sept. 15, UVSS Hempology 101 Club Lecture Series Begins 22 lectures, 3:30-4pm, room to be announced Oct. 31, 7pm Courthouse- Halloween Annual Costume Contest Nov. 15, noon Ministry of Health International Medical Marijuana Day 4:20pm End of Silent Art Auction Dec. 22, 7pm Ministry of Health- downtown Cannabis Caroling Dec. [...]

Hemp & Company—Eco-Fashion Making a Statement

By Diane Walsh HEMP & COMPANY is a posh Canadian fashion store -featuring all ecologically friendly items – located in Victoria, B.C. on the popular tourist-stroll known as Government St. The store’s proprietors, Bill and Lorna Finley, are now proud to announce their own line, manufacturing clothing right in Vancouver, B.C. It is part of [...]

Interview with: MP Dr. Keith Martin

Keith Martin discusses mandatory minimum sentences, medical marijuana, and party politics On May 29, Kristen Mann interviewed Hon. Dr. Keith Martin at the Backpacker’s Inn, in Victoria. Here is the transcription. Kristen Mann: Today we are sitting down with Dr. Keith Martin, longtime MP for Esquimalt/ Juan de Fuca. Dr. Martin, thank you for visiting [...]

CBC of C Product Testing

By Owen Smith In the last article, I touched on some of the science that we at the CBCoC have used to improve our edible and topical products. This would not have been possible without help from Dr. Paul Hornby. He is equipped with a high-tech, high-pressure liquid chromatographer. We have been able to test [...]

Home Base

By Dave Nelson In this edition, I would like to let readers know a little bit about myself, and what brought me to the CBC of C. I joined the navy in 1980, and served for about 17 years. While working in the navy I incurred numerous injuries. When I was young, these injuries seem [...]

Hempology 101 Growing Like Weed

By Andrew Brown September 1st marks the fifteenth anniversary of Hempology 101 in Victoria, B.C. Our mandate is legalization by education. The long version is participatory education in constant, passive, civil disobedience. Hempology 101 has evolved from meetings being held in a room across the street from Hemp BC in Nov. 1994, to a full [...]

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

HEMPOLOGY 101 CALENDAR OF EVENTS HEMPOLOGY 101 AT UVIC 2010 2010  SPRING SEMESTER CLASSES WILL BE HELD IN THE CLEARIHUE BUILDING ROOM #C111 January 13 Hemp History January 20 History of Prohibition January 27 Economics of Legalization February 3 Growing Cannabis February 10 Cannabis and your Health February 17 ***READING BREAK*** February 24 Medical Cannabis [...]