Alberta one step closer to private retailers taking over online sales
Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021, includes potential changes to the province’s cannabis regulations. The legislation passed second reading this week…
Auditor General report: What Ontario is doing well, where it needs improvement on cannabis
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Behind the scenes at BC’s Organnicraft
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
S. Australian legalization bill follows Canada’s lead
The Australian Green Party has released a bill that proposes to legalize and regulate cannabis in South Australia.
New Brunswick’s second farmgate store prepares to open its doors
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Metro Van wants all cannabis VOC feedback by December 15
Metro Vancouver has extended their feedback timeline on their updated proposals for an emission regulation for cannabis production and processing in the region.
Richmond cannabis applicant delayed again pending site review, says BC Court of Appeal
The BC Court of Appeals says the city of Richmond does not need to issue a building permit to a cannabis greenhouse seeking to operate…
BC’s distribution system causing challenges for cannabis retailers, producers in wake of road closures
BC producers trapped behind closed and washed out roads following a major storm that passed through the region on Nov 15 are looking to find…
New Brunswick producer announces province’s first cannabis farmgate store
Consumers in New Brunswick can now buy cannabis directly from the producer.
Cannabis stores in BC’s Interior expecting delays in product deliveries
Cannabis retailers in BC’s interior are expecting delays in product deliveries following major road closures from a large storm on Monday.
Alberta sold $470 million worth of cannabis last year, securing 61% of provincial market
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Private cannabis retailers in BC say it’s hard to compete with government-run stores
A number of private retailers say the BC Cannabis Store, the retail chain managed by the BC government, is making it hard for them to…
The highs and lows of outdoor cannabis production in Canada
Finding a buyer for outdoor cannabis can be a hard sell, say some gowers, but shifting consumer perceptions and getting creative with what you do…
Nearly half of the new licences this year have been micros
October was a busy month for small scale cannabis growers, with 12 of the 20 licenses issued being micro cultivators and/or micro processors.
Charges filed against two BC residents for cannabis production & sale
Police in Delta BC have formally filed charges against two individuals for cannabis processing and distribution.
Cannabis industry hopeful with new health ministers
Two cannabis industry leaders say they are hopeful that new appointments to the health ministry could bode well for their efforts at lobbying for changes…
Nova Scotia’s Jazz Cabbage brings their first product to local market
Nova Scotia’s first-ever “seed-to-sale” cannabis micro-producer is hitting shelves at retail locations in November.
Bill tabled in Yukon to allow cannabis retailers to deliver cannabis
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
How can the cannabis industry more effectively lobby for their interests?
As legalization in Canada reaches the three year mark and the government begins a mandated review of the legislation, the cannabis industry finds itself beset…
Reported cannabis use in Quebec continues to decrease among those under 18 since legalization
Quebec cannabis survey shows cannabis use increased among Quebecers over the age of 25, but declined among 15- to 17-year-olds.
Some BC cannabis retailers want to accuse province of mismanaging cannabis file
A group of BC cannabis retailers is calling for the resignation of the province’s Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth for mismanagement…
BC’s Bud Coast issues voluntary product recall
Bud Coast, a BC craft cannabis processor, announced to BC retailers today a voluntary recall on their 3.5 gram Salt Spring OG Shark.
Vancouver to lower annual retail cannabis licensing fee, raise one time licensing fee
Vancouver City Council unanimously approved a measure to cut licensing fees for cannabis stores in half, beginning in 2022.
OPP shifting enforcement focus to suppliers of more than 1,000 illicit online cannabis stores
The Ontario Provincial Police say they have shifted their enforcement against illegal cannabis from storefronts to online platforms—by going after their suppliers.
Ontario’s third cannabis farmgate store opens its doors to public
The third cannabis farmgate store in Ontario, Station House Cannabis, had their grand opening today in St. Thomas.
Kootenay cannabis collective hoping to find path to market
A collection of outdoor cannabis growers in BC’s Kootenay region are pooling resources to get their crop to market this fall.
Pineapple Buds head to market
Pineapple Buds is a micro cultivator located on Osoyoos Indian Band land near Oliver, BC, with a focus on what the owner Kyra Horvath says…
Once a prominent topic, cannabis has taken a back seat in this year’s federal election
As Canada prepares for an election on September 20, politicians’ focus is not on cannabis, a stark contrast from the federal election in 2015, and…
Newest cannabis store robbery reignites calls to change opaque window rules
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
BC provides more details on direct sales model for fall 2022
The BC government is finalizing their plans for a direct-delivery program for cannabis nurseries and small scale cultivators, with a target date for implementation of…
Smoker Farms brings legacy experience to the micro market
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Court of Appeal sides with Quebec on home grow ban, next step is Supreme Court
Quebec’s Court of Appeal has sided with the Quebec government this week on the province’s ban on home grown cannabis. The opposition says they plan…
Ontario’s new flow-through model and product call timeline comes with pros and cons, say producers and retailers
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Could Nova Scotia’s new conservative government seek to privatize cannabis retail?
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
BC CSU lists 4 dispensary fines worth $1.2 million, another 29 outstanding
British Columbia’s cannabis enforcement agency has collected more than $1.2 million in administrative penalties from unlicensed dispensaries since it began enforcement activities in July 2019.
New Brunswick announces plans for cannabis farmgate
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
New Brunswick’s Wildwood Flowr focussing on regenerative cannabis production
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
AtlantiCann’s Msiku takes top prize in first annual Cannabis NB Cup
Cannabis NB announced the winners of their Cannabis NB cup today, with the top prize going to First Nation’s owned AtlantiCann in Nova Scotia.
Micro producer hopes to change the game with new medical platform
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Survey: Canadians supportive of cannabis retail stores in their community
New research from US-based Weedmaps into the Canadian cannabis market shows that Canadians are now more likely to support the presence of cannabis retail stores…
Alicanto Gardens
Alicanto Gardens is a new, family-run micro cultivator in Manitoba that hopes to have its first products on the shelves in Manitoba later this summer.
OCS offers more details on changes to product call system
The Ontario Cannabis Store’s new Vice President of Merchandising, Marketing and Ecommerce says the upcoming changes to their product call system will allow for more…
OCS pausing product calls while they refine their process
Ontario has recently informed cannabis producers that the OCS will soon be pausing new product calls as they reconfigure their product call system.
Study looking at vape pen ingredient phytol shows serious health concerns
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
BC cannabis retailers now able to deliver cannabis to consumers
As of July 15, private cannabis retailers in BC are now allowed to take orders and payments online and then deliver them to the consumer,…
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke’s approach to legalizing cannabis in their community
Ietsénhaienhs Tonya Perron, who has led the cannabis file for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) for the last three years, says the process of…
New Brunswick launches first annual “Cannabis NB Cup”
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Manitoba suing to prevent unlicensed cannabis retailer from operating in province
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
BC cannabis growers coping with recent heat wave
Cannabis growers in BC are struggling under the recent heat wave, with temperatures in many parts of the province passing 40°C this past week.
Nova Scotia micro releases their first products into local market
Cannabis consumers in Nova Scotia now have a chance to support a local micro cultivator who is just getting its first harvest to shelves this…
Canada proposes restrictions on some flavoured cannabis vapes no earlier than 2022
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Alberta looking at allowing online sales for cannabis retailers
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Court rules Vancouver dispensary “Budway” violated Subway franchise trademark
A federal court has found that an unlicensed cannabis store in Vancouver infringed the registered trademarks of the Subway franchise.
BC provides update on retail cannabis landscape
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
BC tests illicit cannabis and finds 24 different pesticides in 20 samples
The BC government says they have found extensive pesticides, along with heavy metals and other biological impurities in cannabis seized from illicit cannabis stores in…
BC MLA says changes to cannabis regulations could result in increased enforcement for First Nations
A BC MLA says new changes to BC’s cannabis regulations could result in more enforcement action against illicit retailers, especially those on First Nations lands.
NS RCMP raid three dispensaries in Millbrook First Nation
On June 2, 2021, RCMP in Nova Scotia executed search warrants at three unlicensed cannabis dispensaries on the Millbrook First Nation.
Manitoba cancels retail licence with First Nation over operation of unlicensed retail store
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Newfoundland adding several new drive-thru retail cannabis locations
Newfoundland is home to the first cannabis drive-thru in Canada, and by the end of the year should have at least five more.
Newfoundland and Labrador announces 8 qualified cannabis retail applicants
The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation (NLC) has announced eight names and locations of qualified applicants from the recent Licensed Cannabis Retailer (LCR) RFP.
Charges dropped following large raid of Ontario cannabis farm last fall
Lawyer in the case says Health Canada needs to more actively inspect personal and designated production sites. Several charges have been dropped following a large-scale…
Cannabis industry prepares for feedback on proposed vape pen flavour restrictions
Health Canada says they expect their consultation on the agency’s proposed restrictions on flavours in cannabis extracts for inhalation, including cannabis vaping products to be…
Black Kettle Farms in Langley, BC
Licensed in December 2020, Black Kettle has already sold out of their first batch of flower, Rainbow Driver, in Alberta. And, they expect to have…
OCS to launch a new product “flow-through” program later this year
The Ontario Cannabis Store says they will be introducing a new “flow-through” program by late summer to allow retailers to order products not stocked in…
First Nation cannabis producer Seven Leaf expands distribution to BC retailer Indigenous Bloom
A First Nations-owned cannabis producer in Ontario has expanded its distribution to First Nations retailers in BC this week.
Ontario’s craft cannabis category a good start, but needs refining
Ontario’s recent announcement of their new “craft cannabis” product designation was hailed as progress by many in the cannabis industry, but some say the category…
BC Cannabis Inc on the micro model serving First Nations in BC
Led by owner Albert Eppinga, the first of three micro cultivation facilities in Sooke under the BC Cannabis Inc. brand was licensed on April 9….
200 micros now licensed in Canada
Canada now has at least 200 micros cannabis companies licenced across Canada, as of May 7, 2021.
Newfoundland and Labrador to add up to 16 new stores, online sales, and more
Newfoundland and Labrador are looking to add up to 16 new retail cannabis locations to its current count of 30, and are currently seeking proposals…
Mars Wrigley taking legal action against cannabis companies using their brands and products
Mars Wrigley, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chocolate, gum, and candy is taking legal action against cannabis companies in the US and Canada…
This BC company wants to bring more clarity to cannabis strain names and genetics
The founder and CEO of Lighthouse Genomics, Tim Harvey has been working with a handful of researchers since 2016, taking samples of cannabis plants from…
Salt Spring Island’s Magi Cannabis
Magi Cannabis is a small, family-run micro-cultivator on Salt Spring Island, in British Columbia. Josh Beckett and his partner Nadine are long-time islanders, with deep…
The Ontario Cannabis store launches their Craft Cannabis category
The Ontario Cannabis Store has formally announced their new craft cannabis program today. First reported late last year, the program creates a specific category for…
Ruling in Quebec home grow appeal expected later this year
The lead attorney with the group fighting Quebec’s ban on growing cannabis at home says they and the government of Quebec have now presented their…
Canada’s first Indigenous-owned cannabis producer releases first products to a First Nation retailer
A First Nations retailer in Ontario says they are now selling products from Canada’s first 100% Indigenous-owned and operated cannabis producer.
Covert Valley Reserve
Covert Valley is a husband and wife team who began making the transition from an ACMPR personal production licence to a micro cultivation licence in…
Medz Cannabis and Thrive Cannabis receive first cannabis “farmgate” licences in Ontario
Both companies received their retail store authorization (RSA) from the province on April 20, a representative from the AGCO confirms.
BC government working to assist First Nations in path to legal cannabis industry
Several First Nations communities in British Columbia say they have seen a recent, positive shift in how the provincial government has been working with Indigenous…
BC: Stakeholder engagement on cannabis farm-gate coming this spring/summer
The BC Government says they expect to begin stakeholder engagement this spring/summer on what their cannabis farmgate program will look like.
Presence of THC in urine analysis did not justify firing, says arbitrator
An arbitrator in a dispute between the Canadian National Railway and United Steelworkers has ruled that the the company had erred in firing an employee…
AGLC questioned over 420 promotion on their website
The Alberta cannabis regulator and online retailer recently violated their own cannabis marketing rules, having to walk back an advertisement for a 420-related sale.
Criminal record expiry bill expected to begin discussion in Senate again soon
The Senator who tabled legislation that would set up a system of record expiry for criminal convictions says she is hopeful it may begin to…
Reflecting on Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
Toronto police asking for $1.5 million to deal with legal cannabis
Toronto police want $1.5 million from the city to address the cost of cannabis related enforcement to the department, although it’s difficult to determine how…
Health Canada: 225 actions due to non-compliance with promotions prohibitions since 2018, 33 voluntary product recalls
Alberta has moved one step closer to allowing private retailers to take over online cannabis sales from the provincial distributor. Alberta’s Bill 80, the Red…
US research highlights THC levels ‘bunching’ just over 20%
Canada isn’t the only legal cannabis market dealing with an incentive for growers to pass the 20% THC threshold. A recent US study of two…
Origin Coast on micro cultivation and starting small
Licenced in February 2021, Origin Coast is a micro cultivator and processor located in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Alberta now has 600 approved cannabis retailers
Alberta just reached 600 approved cannabis retailers, still the home of the most legal cannabis stores in Canada.
Some Ontario producers stepping back from their “farmgate” applications, others say they’re close to opening
At least a few licenced producers in Ontario say they hope to open their new, on-site “farmgate” retail locations in the coming months. Thrive Cannabis…
Okanna Craft on their long transition into the legal rec market
The family behind Okanna Craft is another success story of a legacy BC grower transitioning into the legal recreational market, but the process wasn’t easy,…
