Cannabis Culture crackdown is all questions and no answers. Marc and Jodie Emery’s arrest, and the simultaenous police raids of their dispensaries across the country, have pro-pot commentators speculating that it's all about the Liberals making an example of the pair as it prepares to hand lucrative pot-producing licenses to corporate growers. The Prince of Pot has already crossed the floor:

“No country would find 173 billion barrels of oil and just leave it on the ground.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went to Houston to declare to energy executives that he’ll be better than his dad on extracting wealth for them. Getting down to business proved a better look for him than trying to be the hero of International Women’s Day.

Senator’s sexual relationship with teenager declared ethics violation. Don Meredith denied the allegations when they were originally reported by the Toronto Star in June 2015. But, in a new report, the Red Chamber's ethics officer finds reason to believe Meredith had sex with a much younger woman at least three times. Soon after the public release of the report, Meredith's social media disappeared. This was the final thing he posted beforehand:

Kingsway Theatre is now producing its own content. The debate continues over whether racism played any role in the Kingsway Theatre's decision to ask actress Wendy Oluniké Adeliyi to leave her backpack at the front before seeing a movie a week ago. Her claim that it only happened because she's black is challenged by a trail of online reviews that accuse owner Rui Pereira of being a jerk to patrons of every colour. Either way, he continues to seek retribution, mainly through Facebook rants.

Postmedia turns to cutting staff benefits to save some money. The publisher's discontinuation of an employee assistance program and maternity and parental leave top-ups roused another round of skepticism about its survival. But an editor job can still get over 100 people applying via LinkedIn.