FIRST REPORT ON CANNABIS ACT RELEASED
For immediate release Oct 11, 2023 Victoria, B.C.: The independent panel chosen by Health Canada has just released the LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF THE CANNABIS ACT: WHAT WE HEARD REPORT, which will be...
View ArticleHealth Canada Expert Panel Meets With Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club
For Immediate Release Thursday June 8, 2023 Victoria, B.C.: Health Canada chose an Expert Panel to review the Cannabis Act five years after it was brought into effect. We held a meeting with the...
View ArticleExemption Denied: Health Canada Shuts Door on Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club
For Immediate Release Friday June 2, 2023 Exemption Denied: Health Canada Shuts Door on Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club Victoria, B.C.: Despite multiple letters of support from the City of Victoria, a...
View ArticleVictoria, BC MP Laurel Collins Supports the VCBC
For Immediate Release November 16, 2022 Victoria, B.C.: Another strong letter of support for the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club to get an exemption from the Cannabis Act has come from the Victoria...
View ArticleRECREATIONAL MARKET READY TO DISMANTLE MEDICAL CANNABIS MARKET
With most recreational producers and retailers in the cannabis sector struggling to make a profit, there is very little incentive to save the medical cannabis program amongst them. It is hard to...
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HEALTH CANADA AND DOCTORS FIGHT AGAINST MED POT PROGRAM
Ever since the first judge decided cannabis had medical benefits that patients had a constitutional right to access, Health Canada and doctos have fought tooth and nail to discredit, diminish,...
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PATIENT GARDENS THREATENED BY CANNABIS REVIEW
Virtually every professional body that deals with medical cannabis regulations would be happy to see the whole medical cannabis system disappear. With that in mind, Health Canada has produced a...
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COMPASSION CLUBS BELONG AT THE HEART OF MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM
Long before there was a medical cannabis program, patients across Canada relied on local groups of compassionate advocates who provided high-quality, low-cost products. Instead of including these...
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COULD LEGALIZATION TRUMP MEDICAL POT?
Cannabis Review Threatens Patient Gardens: A delayed review of the Cannabis Act asking Canadians a limited selection of questions has finally begun, including questions designed to justify shutting...
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BC IMPOSES MASSIVE $6.5 MILLION FINE AGAINST VICTORIA CANNABIS BUYERS CLUB
For Immediate Release Thurs Feb 10, 2022 BC IMPOSES MASSIVE FINE AGAINST VICTORIA CANNABIS BUYERS CLUB Victoria, B.C.: A whopping $6.5 million dollar in fines have been issued to the Victoria Cannabis...
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New Survey on The Box!
The Box, our beloved smoking lounge, has been closed since March 17th, 2020. It has been a long couple of years since we have been able to host our community in our safe inhalation lounge and we...
View ArticleFeb 12, 2021 – URGENT need for more letters of support for the VCBC Exemption...
URGENT OUTREACH – Friday February 12th, 2021. More letters of support from members are urgently needed to complete the application for an temporary exemption from Health Canada for the Victoria...
View ArticleCity of Victoria Second Letter of Support for the VCBC
We are very thankful to have received our second letter of support from the City of Victoria, written and signed by Mayor Lisa Helps. The VCBC was raided by the BC CSU in November, 2019. In January...
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Letter of Support from Paul Manly, MP for Nanaimo-Ladysmith
We are well on our way to building our exemption application to Health Canada and we are pleased to share we just received a letter of support from Paul Manly, MP for Nanaimo-Ladysmith. So far we...
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The Details on Delta-8-THC
Re-posted from The Cannabis Life Network The world is getting wise to the truth about weed. As we are becoming aware of the benefits of cannabis, smart people are getting curious about it. When you...
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Building something better with hemp bricks
Re-posted from The Cannabis Life Network Have you ever imagined building a giant weed fort from bags of bud or hemp bricks? If so, you are not alone. Technology is a beautiful thing, especially when...
View ArticleDid Police Investigation lead to second VCBC raid by CSU?
Minutes after opening on Weds July 15, 2020, investigators with the provincial government’s Community Safety Unit entered the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club for the second time in 8 months. The action...
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8 Questions for a budtender working during COVID-19
Re-Posted from The Cannabis Life Network What was life like for a budtender working during COVID-19? Cannabis businesses were deemed essential during the pandemic and rightly so. Still, because of the...
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VCBC gets raided by the CSU, reopens next day
Re-posted from the Cannabis Life Network. On July 15, 2020, the Community Safety Unit (CSU) raided the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club (VCBC), seizing the Cannabis medicine it’s members depend on....
View ArticleConsidered Essential? Cannabis Amidst The COVID-19 Crisis
Re-posted from The Cannabis Life Network The global outbreak of COVID-19 has changed the face of the world as we know it but thankfully, there is a bit of good news amidst the crisis. With bigger...
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