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An unauthorized outdoor cannabis “grow” operation found by RCMP northwest of Winnipeg in August 2013. (Photo courtesy Manitoba RCMP)

Canada to press U.S. on ‘ludicrous’ marijuana border policy

By GFM Network News September 9, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada will push the United States to change a border policy that has banned Canadians who admit to having used marijuana from travel to the U.S., given Canada’s plans to legalize pot, a government spokesman said Friday. The case of a Canadian man barred from U.S. travel because he admitted to […] Read more

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Canada to allow medical marijuana users to grow their own

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 11, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Medical marijuana patients in Canada will be allowed to grow a limited amount of cannabis for their own use or designate someone to grow it for them, the government said Thursday. The government had been given six months to comply with a federal court ruling that struck down the previous administration’s […] Read more

The former Conservative government cited safety concerns around home-grow operations — such as this illicit operation discovered by RCMP in the McCreary, Man. area in January — when it overhauled federal medical marijuana rules in 2013. (Photo courtesy Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP)

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Court rules medical marijuana users can grow their own

By GFM Network News February 24, 2016

Vancouver | Reuters — A federal court judge in Vancouver on Wednesday ruled that medical marijuana patients have the Constitutional right to grow their own cannabis, striking down a ban introduced by Canada’s previous Conservative government. The court suspended its decision for six months to give Ottawa time to respond. A group of British Columbia […] Read more

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Prairie hemp acres reaching plateau

By GFM Network News April 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Hemp continues to draw interest as an alternative cropping option in Western Canada, but its slow pace in moving toward deregulation may be limiting the upside acreage potential. Early expectations are for planted area of about 100,000 acres this year, which would be slightly above what was seeded in 2014 and a […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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Canada to press U.S. on ‘ludicrous’ marijuana border policy

Canada to allow medical marijuana users to grow their own

Court rules medical marijuana users can grow their own

Prairie hemp acres reaching plateau

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