National

13 Pot Shops In B.C. Threatened With Police Raids In Health Canada Crackdown

The Canadian Press, 11 Sep, 2015 12:31 PM

VANCOUVER — North America's oldest medical marijuana dispensary has fired off a terse letter to Health Canada demanding to know why it's being targeted.

The B.C. Compassion Club Society provides legally approved medical marijuana to more than 9,000 members and has a long history of working with Health Canada.

Health Canada confirms it has sent letters to 13 compassion clubs and dispensaries warning they could face police raids if they don't comply with several demands by Sept. 21, and also stop selling or advertising the drug.

Health Canada isn't providing details or saying which dispensaries were singled out, but the society's lawyer says the agency must provide that information.

John Conroy says in the letter that Health Canada has a duty under the charter to explain the allegations, especially its suggestion that the society encourages Canadians to take part in potentially criminal activities.

Society spokeswoman Jamie Shaw says the dispensary has been running since 1997 and that it is business as usual while the issues are being worked out.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

QNX Founder And CEO Dan Dodge Steps Down From Blackberry

TORONTO — The head of BlackBerry subsidiary QNX is retiring from the company he helped found by the end of this year.

QNX Founder And CEO Dan Dodge Steps Down From Blackberry

Quebec Premier To Sponsor Syrian Refugee Family With Help Of Others In Riding

QUEBEC — Premier Philippe Couillard is going to sponsor a Syrian refugee family with the help of other people in his riding north of Quebec City.

Quebec Premier To Sponsor Syrian Refugee Family With Help Of Others In Riding

Pension Managers Must Consider Climate-Change Risks: Legal Study

A legal study says climate change is one of the biggest risks faced by Canadian pension plans and trustees will be increasingly forced to take it into account.

Pension Managers Must Consider Climate-Change Risks: Legal Study

Economists Expect Bank Of Canada To Hold Its Key Rate At 0.5 Per Cent

The Bank of Canada is expected to keep its key interest rate on hold Wednesday following a string of better than expected economic data.

Economists Expect Bank Of Canada To Hold Its Key Rate At 0.5 Per Cent

Chemicals, Materials Used In Drug Labs Found At Suspicious Surrey Fire

The fire started just after 9 a.m. Monday at a rural property on 40 Avenue, near 157 Street.

Chemicals, Materials Used In Drug Labs Found At Suspicious Surrey Fire

Goal Near For Western Canada March To Remember Missing, Murdered Women

A difficult trek aimed at raising awareness of a tragic problem is less than a week from its conclusion as participants of the Walk for All Missing and Murdered have reached Terrace, B.C.