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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Doug Schmidt – Windsor Star – November 4, 2017 Windsor will be among the first to host a cannabis store once pot is legalized next summer. The province on Friday identified the first 14 communities that will operate stand-alone outlets for recreational pot sales by July 2018. The Wynne Liberals announced in September that the […]
CBC Windsor – Nov 3 2017 Windsor will be one of the first 14 municipalities in Ontario to receive a stand-alone cannabis store. Staff members from the Ministry of Finance and LCBO will meet with the municipalities in the coming weeks, they stated in a press release. The plan is to discuss guidelines and where […]
Blackburn News – Adelle Loiselle – Sept 11 2017 “I think you’re going to see the strip change very quickly,” says Higher Limits co-owner Jon Liedtke about the impact legal marijuana will have on Windsor’s downtown. Liedtke anticipates what he jokingly refers to as a “tsunami” of young Americans crossing the border from Michigan, Ohio, […]
CTV Windsor – The Canadian Press – Sept 8 2017 TORONTO — Ontario plans to sell marijuana in as many as 150 dedicated stores run by the province’s liquor control board after Ottawa legalizes its recreational use next summer, the Liberal government announced Friday. Those looking to purchase marijuana when it becomes legal across the […]
AM800 CKLW: Jon Liedtke of Higher Limits joins Lynn Martin live in studio. Should the Feds hit the brakes on their plan to legalize pot? Call 519-792-2559 with your opinion.
Bay Street Bull – Summer 2017 – Miroslav Tomoski The professionalization of pot is well on its way to becoming a major game changer in the world of business. Will Canada be the one leading the way? Hovering on the edge of a major paradigm shift for decades, cannabis is now just one year away […]
AM800 – John Hutton – April 14 2017 A local business owner and cannabis activist says Windsor has an opportunity to re-invent itself. Co-Owner of “Higher Limits” Jon Liedtke says Windsor is the perfect place to become the cannabis capital of the country. He says if legislation passes to make recreational use of the drug […]