CBC Windsor – CBC Radio Canada ICI – December 7 2018 Le salon Higher Limits du centre-ville de Windsor a annoncé jeudi qu’il fermerait ses portes définitivement d’ici la fin de l’année en raison de la nouvelle réglementation provinciale qui favorise un Ontario sans fumée. Higher Limits qui a ouvert il y a trois ans se […]
CTV Windsor – Dec 7 2018 A downtown marijuana lounge has announced it is closing. Higher Limits will shut its doors at the end of 2018. Owner Jon Liedtke made the announcement through news release Thursday night. “Higher Limits is proud to have provided a safe place for medical cannabis patients to consume their medication […]
Blackburn News – Mark Brown – December 6, 2018 It is now legal to light up in Windsor’s American neighbour, but cannabis advocates are not expecting much of a change. Recreational marijuana became legal in Michigan as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, after voters last month approved a statewide ballot measure to make the Wolverine State […]
Blackburn News – Kirk Dickinson – December 6, 2018 Citing government regulations, a medical cannabis lounge in Windsor’s downtown core has announced that it will be closing. Higher Limits owner Jon Liedtke issued a statement Thursday evening and said the business will cease operation at the end of this year. Liedtke said while the owners of Higher […]
CBC News – Dec 06, 2018 Changes to Ontario’s smoking laws have forced a medical cannabis lounge in downtown Windsor to shut down. Higher Limits announced Thursday it will be closing for good by the end of the year. “[We] have been notified and warned by the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit that both employees and customers are […]
AM800 – RUSTY THOMSON – September 27 2018 Ontario residents will be able to smoke recreational cannabis wherever the smoking of tobacco is permitted. The Ontario government made the announcement Wednesday, loosening rules established by the previous Liberal regime. Under previous consumption rules, those over 19 would have only been able to smoke cannabis in a […]
AM800 – ROB HINDI – August 14 2018 The co-owner of Higher Limits in downtown Windsor is applauding the new Ford government’s decision to allow private retailers to sell cannabis in Ontario. Jon Liedtke calls it a “huge step in the right direction.” The province is scrapping the previous Liberal government’s plan to sell pot through government-run […]
Blackburn News – Mark Brown – July 30, 2018 A Windsor businessman thinks the potential private sale of recreational cannabis is a bold step for the province. A report published Friday by The Globe and Mail and VICE News indicated that the Ford majority government in Ontario would allow for sales of recreational marijuana by private businesses. An official […]
AM800 – ROB HINDI – July 26 2018 A well-known Windsor business owner has died. 51-year-old Mark Boscariol passed away suddenly on Thursday. The local business owner and entrepreneur owns a number of restaurants including Good Neighbour, Downtown Pizza Company and Snack Bar-B-Q. He recently struck a deal with Bike Windsor Essex to have the […]
AM800 – PETER LANGILLE – July 14 2018 A hold on tougher provincial regulations for vaping and smoking is being welcomed by the owner of a Windsor vaping lounge. New Premier Doug Ford is pausing the tighter regulations that would have made combusting or vaping cannabis illegal in a workplace. Higher Limits Owner Jon Liedtke […]