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The legal case of a Mi'kmaq man charged with selling unlicensed cannabis is moving ahead to a constitutional challenge. 

An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a resolution declaring the province and RCMP have no authority to enforce cannabis laws on its lands.

Police allege hundreds of cannabis items had been packaged to resemble 'ordinary' products, such as candy, potato chips, cookies, chocolate bars and cereal.

Nova Scotia RCMP have continued their crackdown on unlicensed cannabis stores, with most of the targeted sites having Indigenous ties.

This was reported as 'the largest annual decrease since Statistics Canada began tracking this series in 2004/2005,' as sales dropped by three per cent to 2,898 million litres.

Nova Scotia RCMP have announced they seized illegal cannabis from five storefronts Tuesday.

Nova Scotia's justice minister says government is 'strengthening' the Cannabis Control Act as the province continues to crackdown on illegal dispensaries. 

The agreement doesn't apply to alcohol, cannabis, food, live animals, tobacco or plants, and it lets provinces maintain certain restrictions on items for health and safety reasons.

An RCMP manager in Nova Scotia says he takes issue with officers being called white supremacists and Nazis during a recent police raid of an Indigenous-run cannabis dispensary.

A Mi’kmaq man alleges he was unlawfully detained by Nova Scotia RCMP for 23 hours after a cannabis raid on his trading post.

The Nova Scotia government in December ordered police to crack down on illegal cannabis, with the premier saying the unregulated drug poses a serious public health risk.

The minister said today his department conducts "routine intelligence" to track dispensaries, but declined to give details.

Around 8:30 p.m. on March 15, Peel Regional Police said they stopped a vehicle near Derry Road East and Goreway Drive in Mississauga.

The officer and a driver who allegedly brought a truck load of drugs and tobacco across the border are facing the same charges, including for drug trafficking and import. 

The Jaws of Life were used in over a dozen break-ins across Edmonton, resulting in losses between $750,000 and $1 million, after they were stolen from a volunteer fire department.

The chiefs say 21 programs related to Mi’kmaw education, early childhood development, language, health and economic development were cut earlier this week by 50 to 100 per cent.

More than 25,000 kilograms of contraband tobacco were seized and eight people charged following an investigation on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.

Police pulled over a vehicle nearby the Stony Mountain Institution and found a drone at the passenger's feet containing several balloons filled with drugs.

The Nova Scotia RCMP and Halifax police both say no fentanyl has been found in illegal cannabis tested in the province, despite the premier's claim to the contrary.

Nova Scotia RCMP say they issued a ticket and seized cannabis and cash after executing a search warrant on Monday at a cannabis dispensary in Digby, N.S.