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Barn containing licensed cannabis grow-op burns down in Langley

A licensed grow-op that caught fire on Saturday evening in Langley has burned to the ground.

Million-dollar pitch day for cannabis entrepreneurs is coming to Vancouver

Canopy Rivers will offer $1,000,000 to an aspiring cannabis entrepreneur at the International Cannabis Business Conference.

Where is amnesty in the federal government's plan to legalize cannabis?

"Rectifying the harms that have been done by the criminalization of cannabis is central to this legislation, and yet it’s nowhere to be found.”

Councillor says cannabis supply motion aims to rid dispensaries of links to “organized crime and gangs”

“The thing that the councillors are missing is that this motion seeks an outcome that is against federal criminal law," lawyer Kirk Tousaw told the Straight by phone.

NPA councillor to introduce motion that will require Vancouver cannabis dispensaries to carry LP weed

The NPA's Melissa De Genova wants all licensed dispensaries to provide the city with audited financial statements.

YouTube's cannabis content purge "a huge loss of cultural history"

The Straight interviews UrbanRemo's Sandra Colasanti, Pot TV's Jodie Emery, and Mernahuana's Matt Mernagh about YouTube's cannabis crackdown.

Why you shouldn't believe the claims made in CBC's latest anti-legalization op-ed

Repeat after me: Cannabis use does not cause gene mutation.

Penticton dispensary owner ordered to pay hefty $15,000 fine

It is the largest fine to ever be made against a B.C. pot shop.

Vancouver Island cannabis edibles company raided by police

Police in Saanich have spent the last week raiding a warehouse that was home to a black market edibles operation responsible for selling infused cannabis products to customers...

Everything you need to know about the Global Marijuana Marches happening across Canada on May 5

Cannabis users, supporters and patients will take to the streets in Vancouver, Cranbrook, Toronto, Timmins, St. Catharines, and Halifax.