First Nation protest over cannabis crackdown blocks highways in Nova Scotia

TRURO — Traffic on two Nova Scotia highways came to a standstill on Thursday after a police raid on unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in an Indigenous community triggered blockades in an escalation of tensions over the provincial government’s crackdown on unregulated marijuana. Members of Sipekne’katik First Nation blockaded part of Highway 102 near Shubenacadie, N.S., about … Continue reading First Nation protest over cannabis crackdown blocks highways in Nova Scotia