My Journey Through Life With Cannabis: How Did I Get Here?

Written By Kim Cooper

 Riding on the energy from organizing the protest march, I decided to see if I could get support to hold the region's first 420 event that year. I did some advertising to float the idea on social media and picked up some volunteers. Then a few people from the second city in the region contacted me and wanted to participate as well. NOCER would be organizing and hosting the first 420 events ever held in Northern Ontario, one in Temiskaming Shores, the other in North Bay. Since then we have hosted 420 events in five cities, including Smooth Rock Falls, Timmins, and Val Gagne. Several others have now started independently as well.