Here's why there won't be any legal pot access in Queens County When marijuana becomes legal across Canada July 1, Queens County residents won't be buying any of the recreational drug from the local NSLC. In fact, they'll have to drive all the way to Yarmouth or Lower Sackville. If you're in the Annapolis Valley or Eastern Shore, you're also out of luck. Justice Minister Mark Furey introduced a cautious rollout of the sales of cannabis in Nova Scotia Jan. 30 with only nine locations - four of them in HRM - selling the product. Amherst, Truro, New Glasgow, Sydney River, and Yarmouth are the only locations outside of the metro area. [continues 1189 words]
Users will have to drive to Yarmouth or Lower Sackville to purchase pot When marijuana becomes legal across Canada July 1, Annapolis Valley residents won't be buying any of the recreational drug from their local NSLC. In fact, they'll have to drive all the way to Yarmouth or Lower Sackville. If you're on the South Shore or Eastern Shore, you're also out of luck. If you're in Liverpool, you'll have to drive to metro or Yarmouth. [continues 988 words]
Police in Annapolis County seized hundreds of marijuana plants over the weekend in an aerial blitz that covered one end of the county to the other. The Annapolis County Street Crime Enforcement Unit and Annapolis RCMP Detachment, under coordination of the RCMP Marijuana Grow Op Enforcement Team, conducted an aerial marijuana eradication operation with good results according to Cpl. Laurie Smith. "It was very successful, resulting in 739 marijuana plants being seized," Smith said. Smith said that as in past years, the RCMP continues to encourage the public to contact their local RCMP detachment or police force if they have information about a marijuana grow operation. [continues 331 words]
Noise, Notoriety Too Much For Lawrencetown Lawrencetown doesn't want another Atlantic Hemp Fest and has already made its wishes known to the Annapolis Valley Exhibition board of directors. But if the event does go ahead for a third year, village commission chair Lynette Gilks wants restrictions placed on activities so local residents won't be disturbed by the blare of rock and roll music in the middle of the night. Festival organizer, Debbie Stultz-Giffin, has no plans to shut down the fledgling festival and said she's more than willing to sit down with the village to iron out any concerns villagers may have. [continues 797 words]
The second annual Atlantic Hemp Fest suffered a double whammy over the weekend when two of its headline speakers were arrested. Marc Emery, a marijuana seed exporter from British Columbia was apprehended at a restaurant in Lawrencetown Friday afternoon and, although he's Canadian, faces extradition to the United States where he could face up to 25 years in prison. Rick Reimer, a lawyer and medical marijuana activist from Killaloe, Ontario, was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning at the Hemp Fest being held at the Annapolis Valley Exhibition grounds in Lawrencetown. [continues 1064 words]
