For Immediate Release: Monday, May 12, 2025 Victoria, B.C.: By Ted Smith A cannabis retail rezoning application for 1625 Quadra Street and the $7,500 fee has been sent to the City of Victoria by the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club. Despite not being in compliance with the Cannabis Act, the VCBC is anticipating city council will […]
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FIRST REPORT ON CANNABIS ACT RELEASED
For immediate release Oct 11, 2023 Victoria, B.C.: The independent panel chosen by Health Canada has just released the LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF THE CANNABIS ACT: WHAT WE HEARD REPORT, which will be followed shortly by recommendations to the federal Minister of Health and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. It is expected that Victoria Cannabis […]
Health Canada Expert Panel Meets With Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club
For Immediate Release Thursday June 8, 2023 Victoria, B.C.: Health Canada chose an Expert Panel to review the Cannabis Act five years after it was brought into effect. We held a meeting with the panel and members and staff of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club yesterday to discuss the benefits of storefront access like our […]
For Immediate Release: VCBC Files Constitutional Challenge Against Province
For Immediate Release : Iconic Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club Announces Press Conference After Filing Constitutional Challenge Against Province (Victoria, BC; May 1, 2023) Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club announces a press conference to be held tomorrow Tuesday May 2nd, 2023. Topic: Constitutional Challenge. The VCBC, well known for their long standing work as a voice for […]
VCBC Reaches out to Premiere after 3rd Raid.
March 30th, 2023 The fight for an acceptable medical cannabis program continues as the Community Safety Unit (CSU) raids the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club (VCBC) on March 23, 2023, for the third time since cannabis was legalized in 2018. The past raids occurred in November 2019, and then again in June 2020. This third raid […]
RECREATIONAL MARKET READY TO DISMANTLE MEDICAL CANNABIS MARKET
With most recreational producers and retailers in the cannabis sector struggling to make a profit, there is very little incentive to save the medical cannabis program amongst them. It is hard to blame the recreational cannabs industry for wanting the business, given how various levels of government are making it very difficult to turn a […]
COMPASSION CLUBS BELONG AT THE HEART OF MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM
Long before there was a medical cannabis program, patients across Canada relied on local groups of compassionate advocates who provided high-quality, low-cost products. Instead of including these medicinal providers in the regulations for medical use, or years later when cannabis was made legal, Health Canada has dismissed these groups as non-compliant. Now that the federal […]