Ben Bulmer
After a decade of globetrotting, U.K. native Ben Bulmer ended up settling in Canada in 2009. Calling Vancouver home he headed back to school and studied journalism at Langara College. From there he headed to Ottawa before winding up in a small anglophone village in Quebec, where he worked for three years at a feisty English language newspaper. Ben is always on the hunt for a good story, an interesting tale and to dig up what really matters to the community.
OKIB staff met with weed police months before raid
A recent bust of unlicensed pot stores on the Okanagan Indian Band's Green Mile appears to have been spearheaded by the Band itself, which invited the province's pot police for a meeting earlier this summer. According to a letter obtained…
BC Interior pot shop fined $1,000 for having a sale
Having a sale is a normal thing that stores do if they've got inventory to shift and bills to pay, but a BC weed store has fallen foul with the government for slashing prices. Cost Cannabis in Revelstoke has been…
BC’s oldest pot shop fined $3.2M
One of Canada's oldest cannabis stores has been stung with a $3.2-million fine for selling weed without a provincial licence. According to a July 30 BC Community Safety Unit penalty notice, The Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club was issued the fine…
Kelowna woman loses legal fight with housing co-op over medical cannabis
A Kelowna woman who wanted to smoke medical marijuana in her unit has lost a legal battle against her housing cooperative. According to a June 26 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, Natausha Couture argued the Okanagan Housing Cooperative Association had…
Unlicenced BC pot shop hit with $1-million fine
A BC weed store has lost an appeal leaving it on the hook to pay a $1-million fine issued by the province's pot police. According to a penalty notice from BC's Community Safety Unit, Sooke marijuana dispensary 642 Cannabis was…
Kelowna cannabis company suing Indigenous Bloom alleging broken business deal
A Kelowna-based cannabis company is suing Indigenous Bloom alleging it wasn't paid $160,000 in share agreements. Oakum Cannabis Corp. founders Lorna Marie Dumaresq, Julian Jacob Dumaresq-Gerein, and Anthony Charles Dumaresq-Gerein filed a notice of claim in BC Supreme Court on…
Kelowna cannabis grower suing Shuswap weed firm, alleges it’s owed $250K
A Kelowna cannabis growing company is suing a Shuswap marijuana processor alleging that it hasn't paid for roughly $250,000 of weed. In a Notice of Claim filed at the Vernon courthouse Aug. 10, Kelowna cannabis grower Okanna Craft alleges Salmon…
Okanagan band member suing province over Vernon cannabis store raid
An Okanagan Indian Band member who set up a pot shop in downtown Vernon without provincial approval is suing the province for closing him down. Cory Patrick Brewer set up Tupa's Joint cannabis store in May 2020 on 28 Avenue…
B.C. man evicted for medical cannabis use wins first round of human rights case
A disabled B.C. man who says he was kicked out of his basement suite for using medical marijuana has won the first round of a Human Rights Tribunal case. According to a March 8 B.C. Human Rights Tribunal decision, Julian…
Kelowna cannabis company gets creditor protection
Kelowna-based cannabis company Flowr has been granted creditor protection after reporting heavy losses for the last 18 months. The cannabis company owes dozens of companies more than $7.3 million and was granted creditor protection at the Ontario Supreme Court Oct.…
B.C. child taken to hospital after getting cannabis candy: Police
Richmond RCMP is urging parents to double-check the candy their kids collected on Halloween after a child inadvertently consumed a cannabis candy. According to Richmond RCMP media release, a child was taken to hospital after becoming sick from accidentally eating…
B.C. nurse suspended for giving senior cannabis edible
A B.C. nurse that gave a senior edible cannabis and asked a coworker to create false vaccination records for him has been suspended for a week. According to a Sept. 4 B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives decision, registered nurse…
BCGEU strike a boon for illegal weed dealers: Okanagan Cannabis Collective
Vernon cannabis store owner Sarah Ballantyne says the shelves of her store are almost empty. "I'm out of vape, edibles and CBD oil," Ballantyne said. Ballantyne owns Spiritleaf Vernon and is now in her second week without a delivery. The…
Kamloops lawyer accused of hiding cash of unlicensed cannabis company
A Kamloops lawyer is being accused of using his trust account to disguise funds paid to him from an unlicensed cannabis company. Nickolaus Harold MacDonald Weiser is facing multiple allegations from the B.C. Law Society that he committed professional misconduct.…
Private cannabis stores finally able to mail weed in B.C.
It's now possible to get weed delivered by mail in B.C. As of today, July 8, the provincial government is allowing non-medical cannabis stores to sell their products through the post. "Since federal legalization of non-medical cannabis, we have continued…