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An unauthorized outdoor cannabis “grow” operation found by RCMP northwest of Winnipeg in August 2013. (Photo courtesy Manitoba RCMP)
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Canada to allow medical marijuana users to grow their own

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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
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

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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
FCWB amends lawsuit, alleges wheat board funds misallocated, farmers shortchanged
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FCWB amends lawsuit, alleges wheat board funds misallocated, farmers shortchanged

Confused by this latest legal action? Here’s an explanation

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The Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) allege $720 million owed to farmers in 2011-12 went instead to help the board transition to an open market. “On the face of it, it contravenes the existing legislation,” FCWB chair Stewart Wells said in an interview July 14. According to Wells, the wheat board act says
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

TV network wants federal court to hear “pink slime” lawsuit

Reuters / ABC News wants a Federal Court to deal with a meat processor’s defamation lawsuit over reports about lean finely textured beef, a product that critics have labelled “pink slime.” Lawyers for the network filed to transfer the case, brought last month by Beef Products Inc., the leading producer of the product, from of
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Man awarded $7.2 million in ‘popcorn lung’ lawsuit

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Reuters / A U.S. Federal Court jury has awarded a Colorado man $7.2 million in damages for developing a chronic condition known as “popcorn lung” from a chemical used in flavouring microwave popcorn. Jurors agreed with the claims by Wayne Watson, 59, that the popcorn manufacturer and the supermarket chain that sold it were negligent
Cereals, Crops, News

CWB court battle rages on

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The ongoing legal battle over the removal of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly is starting to resemble a courtroom version of ping pong. The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to put an end to the legal wrangling, but the group of farmers known as the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board
Crops, Grain Markets, News

CBOT, grain traders face off in court

chicago / reuters / CME Group faced off with a group of traders in Federal Court June 26 over new rules for settling end-of-day grain prices that the traders fear will put them out of business. The traders, who work in the open-outcry pits at CME’s Chicago Board of Trade, are fighting to preserve a
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Appeal Court upholds “marketing freedom” law

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz didn’t break the law by introducing legislation to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled. “We are pleased with this decision,” Ritz said in an email. In December, Federal Court Justice Douglas Campbell agreed with the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board that Ritz breached
Cereals, News

Ottawa appealed ruling against Ritz on CWB Act

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The Federal Court of Appeal reserved its decision May 23 after hearing the federal government’s appeal of a ruling last year that Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz broke the law by not consulting with farmers before ending the Canadian Wheat Board single desk. The Appeal Court hasn’t signalled when it will render a decision. But its
Cereals, News

Appeal Court to rule on legality of CWB changes

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The Federal Court ruling that found Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz broke the Canadian Wheat Board Act last fall, will be heard by the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa May 23. If the ruling is upheld Stewart Wells, a former wheat board director and member of the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB), expects

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