cannabis

Triple J’s Canna Space in Whitehorse on April 17, 2019, opens their first container of product. Private cannabis retailers could be unrestricted from selling products online as of this May, the Minister responsible for the Yukon Liquor Corporation Ranj Pillai told the legislative assembly on April 6, 2022. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

Private retailers getting permission to sell cannabis online, like Yukon government-run counterpart

Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon raised the question on online cannabis market sales on April 6

Triple J’s Canna Space in Whitehorse on April 17, 2019, opens their first container of product. Private cannabis retailers could be unrestricted from selling products online as of this May, the Minister responsible for the Yukon Liquor Corporation Ranj Pillai told the legislative assembly on April 6, 2022. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)
Crystal Schick/Yukon News Allister Kucheream, left, and Dave Galbraith of Kelly Construction prepare to hang the Cannabis Yukon storefront sign in Whitehorse on Oct. 17, just over an hour before the store opens its doors to public for the first time.

Online cannabis sales coming to Yukon

Right now only the official government store can do so.

Crystal Schick/Yukon News Allister Kucheream, left, and Dave Galbraith of Kelly Construction prepare to hang the Cannabis Yukon storefront sign in Whitehorse on Oct. 17, just over an hour before the store opens its doors to public for the first time.
Pre-rolled joints which may have been sold in the Yukon as recently as July 7 have been recalled by Health Canada. (Health Canada image)

Pre-rolled joints recalled in Yukon, Alberta and N.W.T.

Joints from the Natural History and Atlas Growers brands were sold from Dec. 1, 2020 to July 7, 2021

Pre-rolled joints which may have been sold in the Yukon as recently as July 7 have been recalled by Health Canada. (Health Canada image)

Yukon government pulls in pot profit, Streicker says

Minister John Streicker provided the legislative assembly with unaudited accounts

YG moves to close its physical cannabis store as private market emerges

Minister John Streicker said the government anticipates the store to be closed by the end of 2019

Dawson set to be home to the first Yukon pot shop outside Whitehorse

A public hearing has been scheduled to discuss bylaw changes

Opening of Yukon’s first private pot shop delayed as it awaits licence

“I am tired of being at the mercy of the government”

Concerns over pot near parks could put downtown shop at risk

“I feel like every day is a dumpster fire … and every time we put out a dumpster fire, another one starts up.”

Whitehorse council tweaks cannabis bylaws

If you were worried the city wouldn’t take a ‘proactive approach’ to regulating pot, you can relax

Whitehorse city council ponders rules for reefer retail

City may relax regulations after legal sales begin

Like Days of ‘98, cannabis rush very different in Alaska and the Yukon

You often hear that the Gold Rush was a free-for-all in Alaska,…

Yukon picks site of territory’s first pot shop

Shop will take over lease of a building used by Department of Highways and Public Works for storage

They’ve got a guy: Yukon government signs first pot supplier deal

A B.C.-based company will provide up to 350 kg of cannabis flower and oil

Yukon cancels tender for government-run cannabis store over size and price

Streicker promises there will still be a retail location up and running in time for legalization

Whitehorse zoning change could put Yukon’s first pot shop in Marwell

City planner says YG looking to put sales and retail under same roof

Yukon government outlines proposed pot rules

Opposition says revealed plans short on specifics