Cannabis Culture Brantford
248 Colborne St W N3T 1L9 Brantford, ON, Canada

Cannabis retail vote is being deferred until next Tuesday. Please take this time reach out to your counselors and communicate to them the importance of opting in. Thank you

City of Brantford results to be decided on Tuesday January 15th, 2019

On January 8th 2019, Brantford City Council will consider whether or not to allow recreational cannabis to be sold at retail locations in the City of Brantford.... Please share your thoughts about cannabis retail in Brantford by completing our online survey at bit.ly/CretailSurvey AND join us for a Public Information Centre at the Civic Centre Auditorium (79 Market St.) on Thursday January 3, 2019 at 6:30 pm to share your feedback with City staff and members of Council. We look forward to your input. See more

OPT IN BRANTFORD!! Please VOTE!

All right citizens of Brantford, myself and the other members of council have an important vote during January's City Council Meeting and I'd like your input. ...Regarding Cannabis - The City of Brantford must decide whether or not to prohibit retail cannabis sales within its borders. Please note: Regardless of whether retail cannabis sales are permitted in Brantford, residents choosing to consume cannabis can still order online, grow their own plants and, presumably, travel to neighboring municipalities to purchase cannabis from a storefront location. Your feedback in the comments would also be appreciated. Thank you.

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Here's my interview with Dr. Ira Price, published in the latest print issue of the Canada wide magazine, Cannabis Digest

Here's the latest from my regular column in the new print issue (Spring 2017) of the BC based Canada wide magazine, Cannabis Digest : This issue marks my one y...ear anniversary writing this column, so let me start it by thanking you all for coming along on this journey with me. The last 12 months have been interesting ones in the canna world, to say the least, and as we look ahead to spring and summer 2017, 420, and the Global Marijuana March, it’s hard to say where we’ll be when all the smoke clears. Normally at this time of the year, the canna-community’s thoughts are on the 420 celebrations. From the iconic Yonge-Dundas Square event in Toronto, where each year’s event is bigger than the last, seeing upwards of 20,000 people creating literal clouds of smoke in the skies, to the smaller towns and cities where 420 celebrants still face arrests and police actions. We always knew this year’s 420 celebrations would be different. With the government’s promise of legalization in the air, initially many expressed the hope, and concern, that this might be the last traditional 420. Perhaps the years to come would bring attempted corporate co-opting of the day, much the way Pride has gone from an activist event to a corporate behemoth! But in March, the government and local Police forces ramped up their battle against the plant, most notably the Toronto Police, who added the well-named Project Gator (it’s a croc! It’s slimey!) to their list of shame, right beside 2016’s Project Claudia. Britney Anne Guerra and Jodie Emery in Court. I attended the Bail Hearing for the Cannabis Culture 5 in Toronto after the Project Gator arrests, and I shared my thoughts in AN OPEN LETTER TO MY FRIENDS IN MEDIA, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MEMBERS OF PROV PARLIAMENTS AND MUNICIPAL POLITICOS, which was published in its entirety on the CannabisDigest.ca a day after the hearing. I’ll share a short excerpt of that here, because I think it’s important to consider. I’d like to clear a few things up for you. Whatever you think of Marc Emery, and we certainly have had and still do have our major disagreements and differences, and we are not friends, it will not keep me from saying this: the action he and Jodie Emery took in opening Cannabis Culture dispensaries across Canada serving adults over 19, showed thousands and thousands of people across this country what a store selling cannabis as a regular consumer product could look like. Canadians voted with their dollars, each CC practically had lineups around the block upon opening. Most of those people had never had the chance to see a medical dispensary in operation. People liked what they saw, regular people, regular Canadians. The government noticed, and saw it as a threat to the plans they have for cannabis distribution. Though the initial media reports parroted the police department’s lines (full of fear of the new drug, ‘shatter,’ and equating a dispensary using a franchise model to organized crime,’) in recent days, many more thoughtful pieces have appeared from all sides of the political spectrum denouncing the Project Gator raids. Cannabis Digest will be reporting on this situation as it continues to develop. As I write this, 420 is just a month away, and cannabis activists and enthusiasts are gearing up for a memorable one. Toronto’s 420 has long been celebrated at Yonge Dundas Square, since the earliest days of the legendary Hash Mob. As Erin Goodwin, long time Toronto activist (and one of the CC5) said to Cannabis Digest, This year is the Farewell 420 at YDsquare, so that is the biggest thing. The plan is to make it the biggest best one ever. Now, there is one thing I’ve learned about the resilience of this community. No matter what they throw at us, they can’t stop the parties! And they make a difference. But the Ontario canna community isn’t just gearing up for a party. They’re showing their heart. In Ottawa, at the 290life Canna Charity Event’s 420 Afterparty, hosted (with a dab bar!) at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch on 330 Kent Street, passionate canna-community supporters, and reggae/rock band, The Yappers, have put together a fantastic fundraising event in support of a local canna-needy patient, little 9 year old Liam McKnight, who needs cannabis medicine to help him fight Dravet’s Syndrome. Canna community businesses from across Canada really have answered the call in support. The Yappers were able to gather so many donations, they ran out of room to list sponsors on the poster! Raffles and Draws were being held with 100% of the profits going to the McKnight family. Meanwhile, back in Toronto, CannaBliss events is once again planning their annual KIDSTER event, our annual fundraiser to buy Easter gifts for children living in a homeless shelter. This year’s fundraiser for the event includes comedy hosted by Bobby Knauff and special guest, Precious Chong. They have secured sponsorship for this year’s event, but if you are seeing this before Easter, you still have a chance to donate gifts or funds for the purchase of gifts and a wonderful, organic, healthy meal for the kids at the shelter. Thanks to The Yappers and to CannaBliss for having so much heart! If you’re a local cannabis activist or canna business working to make a difference like this in your community, tell us about it! This is what our community is all about! And these kinds of initiatives are to be applauded. https://cannabisdigest.ca/ontarios-rapid-rise-in-raids-and/

CHCH came by the new clinic in Burlington to interview me this week. While we at Synergy are thankful that the media is attempting to change the conversation o...n the benefits of Cannabinoids, there is still plenty of room for growth. It was made clear to CHCH that we do not condone the smoking of Cannabis. Other methods of administration such as vaporization and ingestion of cannabis are more aligned with the values shared at Synergy Health Services. CHCH's choice of slang when referring to Cannabis as weed, pot or marijuana is also not condoned by myself or by Synergy Health Services. See more

My latest press release, going out today : NINE YEAR OLD DRAWS DOZENS OF NATIONS DISPENSARIES & CANNABIS COMPANIES TOGETHER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : (Ottawa, ...April 18) Something very special is happening in Ottawa on April 20th. You probably already know about the gathering of cannabis consumers, activists and advocates on Parliament Hill, raising their voices and placards, listening to speakers and celebrating promised legalization - and debating the finer points of what that might look like. But there's an even bigger cannabis story in Ottawa on 420... one you may not know about. And it's an important story. This one is about a little boy named Liam. He is just nine years old and lives in Constance Bay. He lives with something called Dravet's Disease. The story is also about a band called The Yappers...and about dozens of Canadian cannabis related companies...many operating in the "grey market" and considered illegal...and about how they came together with the goal of making life better for this small boy and his family. In Ottawa, this year, on April 20th. You may have heard about Liam. He, and his serious health challenges - have been in the media before. There have been articles across Canada about his struggles. When he was six, Georgia Straight, a weekly in Vancouver did a profile on him : "Liam McKnight has Dravet syndrome. Clinically, it is known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy. It is a rare form of epilepsy that causes severe and frequent seizures. It also leads to an increase in risk of sudden death among children. There are also a number of collateral restrictions to a child’s cognitive and physical development. Treatment options are limited. Prognosis is poor...." Going on to say that Liam was Canada's youngest medical cannabis user at the age of six, the paper explains that "the day before Liam began using marijuana, he had 67 violent seizures, each lasting three to four minutes. In the 10 days after he began using it, he had one small seizure. He was riding horses, going on boat rides, and doing all the regular stuff you’d hope a six year-old gets to do." When The Yappers, an all original cannabis friendly rock and reggae band that played Parliament Hill for last year's 420, heard the local boy's story, they knew they were well placed to do something about it. Motivated to make a difference in one family's life, and to show the heart, soul and spirit of Canada's cannabis community while doing it; Stew, Laney and Raymond of The Yappers sprang into action. They planned an event to bring that community together, making a difference in the life of one small boy and his family, while bringing an important message to the seat of power, the nation's capital. "The Yappers played on Parliament Hill last year, and we watched at 5 oclock as they closed down the Hill, we watched 10,000 people go away," explained the band's bassist, Stew. "I thought there'd be some way to channel that energy a little bit, and try to have a synergistic event. Though they will be playing The Hill again this year - right after the 420 countdown - and Stew will be speaking about medical marijuana on the Hill, THIS year they are doing much, much more. They booked the Royal Canadian Legion Branch at 330 Kent Street and started making calls. "In a very very short period of time, we came up with dozens of sponsors, like dispensaries..some of the very people that are being arrested - tax paying, law abiding citizens, in my opinion, trying to deliver medicine to people." Little Liam's mother, Mandy McKnight, will be making an appearance at the 290 event. "We are honoured that Liam was chosen to be the recipient of the proceeds from this years 420 fundraiser featuring The Yappers. Cannabis has truly been a life saving medicine for Liam and we love sharing his story. Unfortunately his medicine is very expensive and until the government recognizes cannabis as a medicine and it is covered through health insurance, we will have to fundraise so we can afford his monthly prescription. Thank you so much to the organizers, the cannabis community and especially The Yappers for thinking of Liam and our family." EVENT SPONSORS INCLUDE : Diamond Extracts, Royal Farmacy, Paradise Gardens and Hydroponics, Pottawa Podcast, Crosstown Traffic, CapitalMedDelivery, Haze Boutique, Roacharama, The Hotbox Cafe, Braun Solutions, Professional Cannabis Consulting, Phyto Extractions, Magical Butter Machine, Biggy Bigg Bud Compassion, Greensmith Kitchens, Cloud Nine Vapor Lounge Hamilton, Royal Farmacy, High Street Bakery, Tasty THC Medibles Company and Capital Canna Activists Ottawa, Enlightened Edibles' Georgia Peach Dispensary Hamilton, Puregreenexpress.ca, Weedmaps, Mary Janes Closet Dispensary, Crazy Bills Hamilton, Charlene Freedom and Kim Stockins It all happens on Thursday 20 Apr 2017, 4:30 PM Royal Canadian Legion Branch 351 330 Kent Street - Ottawa, ON K2P 2H3 Video About The Event : https://www.facebook.com/LamouriePRMark//1669552409727314/ Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/290Life/ MORE ABOUT THE YAPPERS : Based in the Greater Toronto area, The Yappers are an all original band that mixes Reggae and Rock to create their own unique sound. Deep bass lines intermingle with textured drumming to create a rhythm section like no other. Multiple guitar solos scream and cry as if responding to the lyrics and beat during each song. This trio of highly talented musicians bring their recorded music to life through quality award winning stage performances and unique sound. The Yappers' music is highly contagious and is just right for all ages, to enjoy. http://www.theyappers.com MEDIA CONTACT : Tracy Lamourie Publicist, lamourie [email protected]

Dave Parkinson spoke with Dana Larsen when the OverGrow Canada tour passed through Hamilton, Ontario, April 2, 2017...