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Legal market continues to eat into illicit market in Canada while reported cannabis use remains the same

January 12, 2024 | Sarah Clark | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Research

BC continues to debate increasing 8-store cap for cannabis retailers

January 11, 2024 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Retail

Week in Weed – January 6, 2024

January 6, 2024 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International, Micro, Producers, Retail

New micros outpaced standard cannabis licences in 2023, while revocations of both increased

December 31, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers

Week in Weed – December 30, 2023

December 30, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

Top seven Canadian cannabis stories of 2023

December 29, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Micro, Producers, Retail

Changes to cannabis rules and regulations in 2023

December 27, 2023 | Staff | Alberta, British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, International, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan

A recap of Ingestible Extracts in 2023

December 26, 2023 | Sarah Clark | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers

Week in Weed – December 23, 2023

December 23, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

BC First Nation files lawsuit against group it says is using its land to grow and sell cannabis without licence

December 21, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government

Alberta announces several changes to retail cannabis regulations through Red Tape Reduction

December 18, 2023 | Staff | Alberta, Cannabis News, Government

Health Canada detects four new synthetic cannabinoids in Canada

December 17, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government, Quebec, Research, Saskatchewan

Week in Weed – December 16, 2023

December 16, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

OCS continues to grow, with nearly $1.5 billion in wholesale sales in 2022-23

December 14, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Retail

Ontario township has spent more than $800,000 fighting legal cannabis producers

December 14, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Producers

Week in Weed – December 9, 2023

December 9, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

Industry mixed on new OCS THC testing program

December 6, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Producers

Health Canada releases guidance document on intoxicating cannabinoids, including CBN

December 5, 2023 | Sarah Clark | Cannabis News, Government

Week in Weed – December 2, 2023

December 2, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

Ontario to allow retailers to own up to 150 cannabis stores, proposing to ban cannabis cultivation in home-based child care facilities

November 30, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Ontario

OCS to begin temporary THC testing program in 2024

November 30, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Producers

OCS announces first round of Social Impact Fund partnerships

November 28, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario

Week in Weed – November 25, 2023

November 25, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

PEI sold nearly $23 million worth of cannabis in 2022-23

November 22, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Prince Edward Island

Toronto city councillor asking Ontario where additional promised cannabis tax revenue went

November 21, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario

Week in Weed – November 18, 2023

November 18, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government

SQDC sold more than $150 million worth of cannabis this summer

November 17, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Quebec

Health Canada collected $60 million in cannabis fees in past year

November 16, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government

Strike at dozens of SQDC stores now coming to an end

November 14, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Quebec

Week in Weed – November 11, 2023

November 11, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

Canada’s cannabis regulations continue to evolve

November 9, 2023 | Sarah Clark | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Other

OGEN latest Alberta cannabis company to close

November 7, 2023 | Sarah Clark | Alberta, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers

Week in Weed – November 4, 2023

November 4, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International, Producers, Retail

Health Canada still says cannabis intended to be consumed as food is not an extract

November 2, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, New Brunswick, Producers, Products

BC has seized more than $38 million in illicit cannabis since 2019

November 1, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government

Organigram says Jolts coming back to several provincial markets after Health Canada considers initial classification decision on the product to be void

October 27, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Producers, Products

New concerns over possible “ingestible extracts” and cannabis lozenges

October 25, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers, Products

Few BC growers interested in farmgate a year after program launched

October 25, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, New Brunswick, Ontario, Producers, Retail

Data presented by Health Canada indicate cannabis exports may continue growing

October 25, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International, Producers, Products

BC cannabis company asking the provincial government for tax money back

October 22, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers

Week in Weed – October 21, 2023

October 21, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government

BC providing funding for cannabis testing research project

October 20, 2023 | Sarah Clark | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers, Research

Health Canada announces changes to sale authorization of cannabis products to processing licences

October 19, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Micro, Producers

Cannabis Council of Canada calls for regulatory changes on fifth anniversary of legalization

October 17, 2023 | Contributor | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers

Five years of Cannabis NB: Reflecting on the journey and envisioning the future

October 17, 2023 | Contributor | Business, Cannabis News, Government, New Brunswick, Retail

Five years into legalization, cannabis industry reaches saturation point as legal weed takes more than 70% market share

October 16, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government

Week in Weed – October 14, 2023

October 14, 2023 | David Brown | Alberta, British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, International, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Research, Yukon

BC First Nation utilizing new “sovereign” edibles store next to their own provincially-licensed retail store

October 10, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers, Retail

Canada releases What We Heard Report on the Cannabis Act review

October 10, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Other

Could Manitoba’s new Indigenous premier change the province’s strict cannabis laws?

October 10, 2023 | Aly K. Benson | Cannabis News, Government, Manitoba

Week in Weed – October 7, 2023

October 7, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

Monograph on cannabis flower to be published in European Pharmacopoeia

October 6, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government

Cannabis regulations add to overall administrative burden in Canada

October 5, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government

Compliance and enforcement efforts continue to increase, especially for personal and designated growers

October 3, 2023 | David Brown | Alberta, British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Quebec

AGLC reduces SKU listing fee listing for cannabis producers

October 1, 2023 | David Brown | Alberta, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers

Week in Weed – September 30, 2023

September 30, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

Cannabis producers can now provide samples to cannabis stores in BC

September 25, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers, Retail

Week in Weed – September 23, 2023

September 23, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

BC launches new data report for cannabis producers

September 21, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers, Retail

Cities in BC still asking for their share of cannabis tax

September 20, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government

BC court rejects retailers’ lawsuit calling for enforcement against cannabis stores on First Nations land

September 19, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government

Cannabis software company receives $1 million from Government of Canada

September 19, 2023 | Sarah Clark | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International, Ontario

Reported cannabis use in Canada not increasing with legalization

September 19, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Research

AGLC reverses decision on including CBN, THCV in THC total

September 18, 2023 | David Brown | Alberta, Cannabis News, Government, Producers

Cannabis consumption space provides examples for BC government

September 18, 2023 | Sarah Clark | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Research

Week in Weed – September 16, 2023

September 16, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

HC: 28 targeted inspections and 3 compliance verifications so far this year to verify THC levels

September 13, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Producers

Manitoba Liberal Party wants to target black market cannabis

September 12, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Manitoba, Retail

Proposal to abolish medical cannabis tax fails to become Conservative Party policy

September 10, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, New Brunswick

Week in Weed – September 9, 2023

September 9, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

Victoria cannabis grower seeks support for farmgate application

September 7, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Micro, Producers

Week in Weed – September 2, 2023

September 2, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International, Producers, Research, Retail

Reminder: Some of Health Canada’s COVID-19-related “flexibilities” expire Sept 30

August 31, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government

Atlantic Cultivation purchases Tantalus brand, products

August 28, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Newfoundland and Labrador, Producers

Week in Weed – August 26, 2023

August 26, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government

Cannabis sales continue to increase in Nova Scotia, with local products now more than 30% of sales

August 25, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Nova Scotia

Pesticide use widespread in the illicit market, while legal market cleans up its act

August 25, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Producers, Research

Regulatory fees, paperwork, security requirements more challenging for small producers

August 21, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government

AGLC says CBN policy based on federal guidelines, while Health Canada, provinces say otherwise

August 21, 2023 | David Brown | Alberta, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers, Products

Week in Weed – August 19, 2023

August 19, 2023 | David Brown | Alberta, British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, International, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan

ShuCanna receives cannabis farmgate store in Salmon Arm

August 15, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government, Micro, Retail

Ontario projects $463 million in revenue from cannabis sales, taxes for 2023-24

August 15, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario

Veterans Affairs Canada paid for more than $167 million worth of cannabis in 2022-2023

August 15, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government

Legal medical cannabis lowers individual market health insurance premiums in US

August 14, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Research

Australian Greens introduce their Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023

August 14, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, International

Some Winnipeg cannabis retailers concerned with province allowing sales in gas stations

August 11, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Manitoba, Retail

Organigram’s application for judicial review of edible extracts ruling approved

August 9, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Products

Changes to OCS privacy policy could mean customer data stored outside of Canada

August 7, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Retail

Week in Weed – August 5, 2023

August 5, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

BC gov reviewing cannabis sampling rules for producers, retailers

August 3, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers, Retail