A range of spinoff companies, many of them located in the United States, are angling to cash in on the Canadian medical marijuana market as the federal government brings in new rules for the industry.
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Struggling Airdrie farmer wants to grow pot
Plunging cucumber prices turned out the lights in Stan Swiatek’s greenhouse operation in 2010, but the Calgary-area grower believes a new cash crop – medical marijuana – is a prescription for success.
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New medical marijuana laws put city in uncharted territory
Federal officials have drafted reams of regulations for the new medical marijuana distribution system, but municipal officials in Calgary are grappling with how to regulate any commercial pot operations seeking to set up here.
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High River Mounties discover four small-scale grow-ops in flood-ravaged town
At least four small-scale marijuana grow-ops were found by police in High River homes when the community was evacuated due to floods.
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Canada to snuff out medical marijuana production in homes
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canada, a pioneer in the use of medical marijuana, will take legal production out of private homes next year as it seeks to address more than a decade of neighborhood spats and criminal activity.
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Man who challenged grow op law before Supreme Court arrested over another grow op
A Calgary man who lost a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision about how far police can go when investigating marijuana grow operations was arrested on Tuesday, accused of running another grow op.
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Suspect from Hilda grow-op ordered to stand trial
The last remaining accused in a 2009 multi-million dollar marijuana grow-op has been ordered to stand trial despite his latest attempt for another adjournment of his criminal charges.
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Marijuana grow ops found during Stoney Nakoda raid
Six individuals are facing drug-related charges after RCMP raided five residences and located three marijuana grow operations on Stoney Nakoda First Nation, following a month-long investigation in April.
A total of 431 grams of marijuana and 184 marijuana plants — worth an estimated value of $392,865 — were seized by a project team of RCMP officers from the Cochrane detachment during the raid.
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$1.2M marijuana grow op went up in smoke
Firefighters battling a blaze last week discovered it was sparked by a million-dollar marijuana growing operation inside.
Wednesday’s house fire seemed typical as firefighters encountered smoke pouring out of the home in the 0-100 block of Hounslow Drive N.W.
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Man charged in $1.5-million marijuana bust in N.E. Calgary
A Calgary man was charged after police dismantled a grow operation and seized marijuana plants worth about $1.5 million from a northeast home.
Officers executed a search warrant at a home on Whitehorn Road N.E. on Wednesday and discovered 1,194 marijuana plants, 528 grams of dried marijuana, growing equipment and $2,250 in cash.
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