First Nations poised to challenge Nova Scotia's marijuana monopoly

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia First Nations appear poised to take on the province's marijuana monopoly — including one Mi'kmaq community that has enlisted Olympian Ross Rebagliati to roll out a "seed to sale" cannabis operation.

Sipekne'katik First Nation in Indian Brook, N.S., has plans to grow cannabis and sell it directly to consumers, while Millbrook First Nation is considering retail locations, bypassing the provincial Crown corporation slated to control sales once the drug is legal on Oct. 17.

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