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 […]
Blackburn News – Adelle Loiselle – July 4 2018 The owner of a Windsor cannabis lounge is relieved the province is putting rules that would have made his business illegal on hold. Changes to the Ontario Smoke-Free Act would have made it illegal for medicinal cannabis users to light up in public spaces, including workplaces. […]
CBC Windsor – Jason Viau – July 2, 2018 New provincial rules have outlawed cannabis lounges designed for medical users as of July 1, but one owner in Windsor, Ont. refuses to shut down. Higher Limits Cannabis Lounge, which calls itself the largest in Canada, has been open in the downtown area for two-and-a-half years and […]
AM800 – ZANDER BROECKEL – May 7 2018 One of the most notorious names from the news headlines is set to make a stop in Windsor. Stormy Daniels will make an appearance at Higher Limits Cannabis Lounge and Cheetah’s next month. The porn star and former Playboy playmate is at the centre of controversy tied […]
CBC Windsor – April 23 2018 As people across Canada prepare for recreational cannabis to become legal later this year the regional tourism agency for Windsor-Essex says it has no strategy until operational guidelines are set. Recreational marijuana could be legalized sometime this summer as the Cannabis Act works its way through Parliament, while Windsor has […]
Blackburn News – Mark Brown – January 26, 2018 The owner of a local business wants to put legal pot availability on a level playing field with alcohol and tobacco. On Friday, the Ontario Cannabis Consumer and Retail Alliance will launch Sensible Ontario, an initiative by pot advocates to bring licenced consumption lounges and private storefronts to […]
Doug Schmidt – Windsor Star – December 28, 2017 “Not in my wildest dreams.” Vic Neufeld can’t believe how fast and far the health venture he helped launch has grown since a single Leamington greenhouse switched three years ago from flower production to pot production. Aphria Inc. has mushroomed into a $2-billion corporation with 150 […]
Windsor Star – Brian Cross – Dec 13 2017 With the Ontario government passing legislation Tuesday that paves the way for the government-run sale of recreational marijuana starting in July, the search is on for a ready-to-go store in Windsor. According to a City of Windsor staff report going to council Monday, the list of requirements […]
AM800 – TERESINHA MEDEIROS – December 7 2018 Higher Limits cannabis lounge in downtown Windsor is closing its doors and the co-owner is blaming the Ford government. The business opened three years ago, to provide a safe place for medical cannabis patients to take their medication and it has served over 125,000 patrons. But co-owner […]
UWindsor Lance – Nov 28 2017 A project that commenced when Clew was still a substitute for Blackboard, the university’s newest downtown additions has finally concluded. Housing the creative arts students, both the Freedom Way building and the Windsor Armouries building will finally open for the Winter 2018 semester. As their doors open, so do the doors of […]