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Weed, sweatpants and transit referendum are all in the Georgia Straight this week

Every week our friends at The Georgia Straight provide us with a preview of what you’ll see on - and in – their paper that week.

Every week our friends at The Georgia Straight provide us with a preview of what you’ll see on - and in – their paper that week. They are the source for lifestyle and entertainment in our city and along with their robust online presence they've always released a print edition, distributed everywhere each Thursday.

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This issue is their 2,465th and on the cover this week is medicinal cannabis: Is Big Pharma moving in on mom-and-pop marijuana grow-ops? An in-depth report on B.C.’s legitimate cannabis industry.

And here are some links to stories highlighted on the cover:

- Corporations move in on Canada's medicinal cannabis industry by Travis Lupick

- Liquor-policy changes leave industry in limbo by Kurtis Kolt

- Sweatpants get a new look by Michael Mann

- Season's reads range from zombies to raptors by Brian Lynch

Plus THIS interview with the mayor on the transit referendum and THIS piece on Persian food for Norouz.

Pick up a copy of the Straight when you see it!Georgia-Straight-Cover-2465