Around 12 private cannabis retailers are currently operating in the Okanagan Valley, with dozens more are going through the approvals process.

Staff recommend that city council supports three more non-medical cannabis retail store licenses, which would bring the total to 11.

Jukka Laurio was charged after his illegal cannabis dispensary in Okanagan Falls, 20 km south of Penticton, was raided by police in May 2018.

The city says there are 11 additional dispensaries operating in Vancouver without a valid licence, and it is now preparing to take legal action against those businesses.

It's one of only 14 licensed, privately run cannabis stores currently operating in B.C.

The Downtown Penticton Association is against a proposal to ban legal cannabis storefronts from Main Street and Front Street.

One reason for the state’s apparent success appears to be the policy of local control, which allows towns that don’t want pot businesses to enact moratoriums.

A routine traffic stop helped Manitoba RCMP nab a BC man travelling across the country with 1,000 pounds of pot, shatter and edibles loaded in his trailer.

The BC Liquor Distribution Branch says than 150 types of pot will be for sale at its cannabis stores when marijuana is legalized this fall.

Osoyoos has decided to ban provincially operated cannabis stores in favour of private retail.