Two of Canada’s most prominent banks have indicated that they will not provide services to the medical cannabis industry, despite signals from the country’s government that it will legalize the substance by the spring of next year. Scotiabank last month ended its relationship with Nathan MacLellan, the owner of Hemp Country, an Ontario-based shop that […]
Tracy Lamourie It’s becoming a little exhausting being a cannabis activist in Ontario. In the time it takes to smoke a pin joint in a crowd, it seems the entire landscape has changed…and before you even have time to do a dab, it’s changed again. Originally I had planned to use this space only to […]
Lisa Mamakind Kirkman’s Battles in the Badlands of Alberta By Dean Schwind If you think this story is about the famous sexpot goddess, activist, writer, caregiver, overgrower, and icon in the war to free the weed, Mamakind, you’re wrong. This is about Lisa Kirkman, a woman, a mom, a partner, and a patient who is […]
