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It's not only dispensaries that feel shut out of the legal market, as small-scale growers are still waiting for the federal government to open an application portal for micro-cultivator licences.

A perusal of the Ontario Cannabis Store's online portal on the first day of legalization turned up an array of expected products — various strains of dried weed, oils and tinctures, and accessories needed to use them.

Our Daily Photo #2880 is from jackymchui who took this shot of the city basking in that morning glow. View this post on Instagram That morning glow.

The Bright Nights Christmas Train returns to Stanley park for another year of festive choo-choo-cheer! The dazzling locomotive and the Stanley Park Train Plaza sparkle with over 3 million twinkling lights.

While dozens lined up to buy legal cannabis at a physical store in Kamloops, thousands more crowded the province's online shop. There were 1,000 sales in the first hour, according to Viviana Zanocco of the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch. As of 8 am, digital sales had reached 3,300, she says.

A coalition of groups concerned about the health risks associated with marijuana is calling legalization a "dark day for Canada."

Halloween season is well underway in the Lower Mainland and the Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival promises to delight viewers with spooky storytelling.

The Vancouver Care Project is the work of 17-year-old Rachel Way, who engages with some of Vancouver’s most vulnerable residents facing poverty and homelessness. Each week she shares the story of one person she has met.

Media got a tour of the BC Cannabis Store in Kamloops Wednesday morning, prior to the doors opening to the public at 10 a.m.

The federal government promises it will soon be quicker — and less expensive — to obtain a criminal pardon for previous convictions of simple pot possession.