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Cannabis Act Review: No More Medical Program?

November 19, 2022 Published by

Take the Survey and Tell Health Canada to Keep their Hands Off Our Medicine Does the Cannabis Act review mean no more medical cannabis in Canada? Many of Canada’s cannabis consumers, producers, and retailers welcome the Cannabis Act review. And why not? It’s a year late, and there are plenty of problems with the current legalization scheme we hope the review will fix. But will ending medical cannabis in Canada be one of its consequences? Health Canada is asking for […]

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Health Canada Wants to End Medical Cannabis 

November 11, 2022 Published by

Let Health Canada know what you think by taking the survey here. Health Canada wants to end medical cannabis in Canada. They’ve opened up a survey for Canadians to input their opinions. But as is usually the case with these things, the decisions have already been made. “They’ve always been disingenuous when they put these sorts of surveys out,” says Ted Smith, long-time cannabis activist and contributor to Cannabis Digest. “They’ve really got their minds made up in the position they’re […]

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VCBC meets with Health Canada

May 3, 2022 Published by

At 4:28 PM on April 20th, 2022, The Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club (VCBC) received an ominous email; Health Canada was looking to have a meeting. Not only that, they said it would take at least forty-five minutes and wanted to talk within a week. On Wednesday, April 27, 2021, the VCBC sat down with Health […]

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VCBC fined $6.5 million – Canada’s oldest compassion club faces heavy enforcement from the province

February 16, 2022 Published by

Canada’s oldest compassion club, The Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club is fighting to survive, thanks to aggressive provincial enforcement. The non-profit club was raided in November 2109 and again in July of 2020. At the end of January, the VCBC received a letter from the CSU and a whopping $6.5 million dollar fine. Earlier this week, […]

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CSU pressures to evict 25-year-old non-profit compassion club; VCBC plans to fight

February 26, 2021 Published by

Due to pressure from the Province, the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, aka the VCBC, received an eviction notice. Unless they are able to change this course of action, this industry founding, non-profit compassion club will be forced to leave its address for over two decades. The Provincial Community Safety Unit, aka the CSU, is threatening […]

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COVID-19: VCBC moves to Part-Time Hours

March 25, 2020 Published by

On Tuesday, for the first time in 19 year, The Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club did not open for business and patients. In the midst of a COVID-19 global pandemic, measures have had to be taken to ensure the safety of our society, and the VCBC has taken no exception to that. Across the United States, […]

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420 Victoria 2020 Officially Cancelled

March 13, 2020 Published by

As a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, provincial health officials have banned all gatherings and events of 250 people or more. Shortly afterwards, a statement released by 420 Vancouver organizers announced that the 2020 celebration would not take place this year. Following that lead, on Vancouver Island, the 420 festivities in Victoria have […]

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Women & Weed – Experiences in the Cannabis Industry

January 20, 2020 Published by

One week removed from the Lift & Co. Cannabis Conference, I find myself circling back and reflecting. Attending the weekend as media, I was asked on several occasions about my experience covering this industry and about my writing. The reactions to my favorite subject, the pairing of sex and cannabis, varied to say the least. […]

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B.C. forecasting a better year ahead for cannabis products and revenue

December 25, 2019 Published by

VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says it’s the best of times for cannabis users in British Columbia, but they could be even better. Since recreational cannabis became legal in Canada in October 2018, access to marijuana has become a matter of waiting for the mail to arrive or visiting a licensed dispensary, but something’s still missing, says the […]

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