VANCOUVER— It’s one of the last vestiges of this city’s counterculture heyday — the annual gathering of cannabis activists and enthusiasts on 4/20. But now an only-in-Vancouver clash between the city’s park board and 4/20 organizers is intensifying, potentially putting the future of the event, now in its 25th year, in question. Event organizers contributed about $63,000; the city paid the rest. In February, the park board passed a motion to have the city explore alternative venues and to find ways to preclude the sale of cannabis or cannabis products. That said, the city has “significant concerns” about the commercial nature of the event and associated costs, city spokesman Jag Sandhu said in an email.

Source: National Post April 16, 2019 22:52 UTC