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Introducing The Coast Cannabis Sessions
The Coast always likes raising awareness around things people consume for fun, whether that’s in print—the annual Beer Guide comes out this week—or IRL with events like Burger Week, Halifax Oyster Festival and the Drink Atlantic cocktail festival. And now that recreational weed is officially on the menu, we are continuing our tradition of enjoyable […]
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The amnesty agenda for cannabis
Joining the list of things that used to be illegal and aren’t anymore—featuring margarine, Sunday shopping, alcohol and the right to vote for anyone who isn’t a white male—is cannabis. After almost a century of prohibition, Canada’s path to legalization has not been clear-cut. And of all the groups considered in the long, costly task […]
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Legal weed’s roll-out
So, no big deal or anything, but cannabis becomes legal in Canada on Wednesday. This October 17 date has been a real, albeit still somewhat surreal, target for a while, giving lawmakers, producers and retailers a serious deadline to get a lot of shit figured out. And as that deadline gets ever closer, putting increasing […]
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Secret access codes needed to buy NSLC weed online
Here’s a fun way to pretend you’re some kind of hacker man. The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation announced today how it’s going to keep recreational cannabis that’s sold online out of the hands of those under 19. An online access code will be required to visit and make purchases at the province’s new online cannabis […]
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New smoking bylaws to be enforced starting October 15
You’ve got two more weeks to light up on public property. Come October 15, Halifax will officially start enforcing its new bylaw amendments banning all smoking on public property outside of designated smoking areas. A “couple dozen” smoking areas will initially be in place come October 15, just two days before cannabis is legal. “We […]
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City hall lawyers say smoking ban needs to include tobacco
A new staff report recommends Halifax continue its prohibition for all types of smoking on public property—that is if the city ever wants to be successful in prosecuting cannabis users. City council passed new bylaw amendments back in July outright banning smoking and vaping on municipal property outside of specially designated smoking areas. The motion […]
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Cannabis patient worried about finding a place to rent in Halifax
Landlords in Halifax are putting their tenants on notice: growing and smoking cannabis inside will be prohibited even after legalization. The announcements have some medicinal cannabis patients worried they won’t be able to find an affordable place to live in the city. “A lot of us exist on little-to-no income. A lot of us are […]
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Sober second thoughts on Halifax smoking ban
After banning darts and breaking hearts, Halifax may ease off its public smoking prohibition—for cigarettes, at least. City council asked this week for a staff report on filtering out tobacco from the new public smoking ban that was created two weeks ago when HRM amended its nuisance bylaws. Dartmouth Centre councillor Sam Austin brought the […]
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Politicians turn down cannabis town hall
It was supposed to be a town hall to rally public support for improving cannabis legislation, but unfortunately, all of the political leaders invited were absent. The Nova Scotia Medicinal Association of Cannabis Dispensaries invited dozens of politicians—including provincial ministers, premier Stephen McNeil and every councillor in HRM—to the Halifax Central Library a week ago […]