By the ounce
Missing 420 with friends
A few years before legalization, I went to a gathering of reporters from a bunch of different media outlets. About a dozen of us met at a bar, raised a pint or...
Near-death to food fight
A near-death experience sent Jeremy Smith on a mission to change Canada’s cannabis laws to allow for cannabis-infused restaurants. Smith was diagnosed...
Legal weed hits, and a miss
It’s time for another round of cannabis reviews. Us folks over at the oz. have been sampling as many legal cannabis products as possible so you can spend...
Put down those joints
If there ever was a time to extoll the virtues of the dry-herb vape, it is now. It’s a catastrophic fire season in B.C. so far. Temperatures into the...
Weed in space!
If a new intergalactic crypto-currency has its way, an experimental crop of weed will be launched into space on a rocket within a year. Elon Musk’s...
'I love smoking weed'
Jenn Larry has never been shy about her cannabis use. Since her first puff as a young teenager, she knew weed was something special. Decades later, Larry is the...
Local cannabis worth trying
5 great cannabis products made by Okanagan companies You might be surprised to know that many top-tier legal cannabis products are from right here in the...
Weed company taking a hit
Would you snort cannabis? That’s what something called Canna Bumps proposes. The name Canna Bumps is a play on taking a small sniff of cocaine — a...
NDP should be ashamed
A top B.C. Liberal critic says he would shut down all unlicensed cannabis stores. Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Mike Morris, the provincial critic for Public...
Are you still high?
Researchers say a cannabis buzz lasts between 3-10 hours Say you smoked a joint a few hours ago. You’re feeling a little tired and your eyes are a tad...
Exorbitant cannabis fees
The cost of doing business can be revealing. Take West Kelowna. It has three basic tiers for business licence renewals: One at $60 a year A second at $135 a...
What is Cannabis 3.0?
We spoke with chief operating officer at The Valens Company, Chantel Popoff. With Cannabis 3.0 on the horizon and Valens’ acquisition of edibles maker...
Straight-roll joint pioneers
Manufacturing cigarette-style joints isn’t as easy as you might think. It took cannabis producer Redecan two years of R&D to create the process of...
A mish-mash of pot reviews
It’s that time again! Here’s another mish-mash of some of the latest legal cannabis products we’ve tried at the oz. BC Organic Apple Toffee...
Spreading Dutch Love
Back when Dutch Love was still known as Hobo, it made history as the first store to open in Kelowna. Vancouver-based Donnelly Group, which owns the national...
Top cannabis stories of 2020
This past year was a busy one in the cannabis sector. From all the news, I narrowed it down to the top five stories in the world of weed in 2020. If you’d...
Cannabis lullaby
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, except me and my spouse; The rollies were left near the lighter...
Horgan snubs native group
When it comes to the grey area of unlicensed cannabis stores, the provincial government strategy seems to be to plant their heads in the sand. Last week,...
Tories need high-er thinking
It’s high time for the Conservatives to let go of their outdated views of cannabis. They need to distance themselves from baseless claims, such as those...
Canopy Growth supports soldiers healing from the dark side
Remembrance Day is a positive affirmation from the public for soldiers who often deal with the darker side of human nature, says Lt.-Col. Steven Boychyn....