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Stats Canada says some cannabis users are one toke over the line

August 3, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Research

AGCO, OCS rolling out new POS data platform

August 2, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Retail

Conservative Party policy proposal calls to abolish medical cannabis tax

August 2, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, New Brunswick

Alberta to consider white label cannabis products

August 1, 2023 | David Brown | Alberta, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Retail

Metro Vancouver rethinking regulation of cannabis VOCs

July 31, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers

UBC and Aurora Cannabis looking at developing better outdoor cultivars for Canada

July 31, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Producers, Research

Week in Weed – July 29, 2023

July 29, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, International, New Brunswick, Ontario, Provinces, Quebec, Saskatchewan

Vancouver’s High Hopes launches cannabis substitution project

July 28, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces, Research

Surrey city council votes to refer report on cannabis back to city staff

July 24, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces, Retail

Surrey City Council to consider framework to approve cannabis stores

July 23, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces, Retail

Manitoba taking steps to mitigate strike’s impact on cannabis sales

July 21, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Manitoba, Provinces

Alberta government selling off giant donair costume meant to draw attention to cannabis-impaired driving

July 20, 2023 | David Brown | Alberta, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces

Team fighting Manitoba’s home grow ban are back in court in September

July 20, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Manitoba, Provinces

OCS DC now accepting deliveries from smaller vehicles

July 20, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Micro, Ontario, Producers, Provinces, Retail

First Nations community near Regina opens “sovereign” cannabis store

July 19, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces, Retail, Saskatchewan

High marks for distribution models in Saskatchewan and Manitoba

July 17, 2023 | Tim Wilson | Business, Government, Insight, Manitoba, Producers, Provinces, Retail, Saskatchewan

Week in Weed – July 15, 2023

July 15, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, New Brunswick, Ontario, Producers, Provinces, Retail, Saskatchewan

BC asking for feedback on changes to where people can consume cannabis

July 14, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces, Retail

Health Canada to begin testing of legal, illegal cannabis

July 13, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government, New Brunswick, Ontario, Products, Provinces

Ontario Cannabis Store launches cannabis awareness campaign

July 12, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Provinces

Australian cannabis legalization bill could be tabled as early as August: Senator

July 10, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, International

Ontario looking at cannabis marketing rules and window covering requirements for cannabis stores

June 20, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Provinces, Retail

More than $100 million of cannabis sold in Nova Scotia last year

June 13, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Nova Scotia, Provinces

Cannabis sales in Quebec plateauing, as SQDC continues to focus on enhancing consumer experience

June 12, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces, Quebec

Competition Bureau calls for more THC for edibles, more standardization among provinces

May 26, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government

NB Munis want to know where their share of cannabis tax revenues went

May 24, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government, New Brunswick, Ontario, Provinces, Quebec, Saskatchewan

BC repealing visibility requirements for cannabis stores

May 19, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces, Retail

Manitoba suspends Social Responsibility Fee, expects passage of new legislation soon

May 18, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Manitoba, Provinces

The Week in Weed – May 6, 2023

May 6, 2023 | Kieran Delamont | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Provinces, Quebec, Saskatchewan

Health Canada will again be extending some of its COVID-19 related measures for the cannabis industry

May 4, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Other

Manitoba NDP wants to know where the cannabis revenues went

May 4, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Manitoba, Provinces

BC needs someone to take pictures of weed

May 3, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Provinces, Quebec

Victoria Cannabis Buyers club files lawsuit against BC government

May 2, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces

Inside the world’s largest legal cannabis distribution centre

April 28, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Profiles, Services

BC announces more changes for cannabis retailers

April 26, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces

New Brunswick’s first privately-owned cannabis stores could open this summer

April 25, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, New Brunswick, Provinces, Retail

OCS launches Social Impact Fund, encourages organizations to apply

April 25, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Provinces

Organigram asks court to overrule Health Canada on edibles extract restrictions

April 24, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, New Brunswick, Producers, Provinces

BC announces funding to support Indigenous cannabis businesses

April 22, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces

Mississauga to allow cannabis stores

April 19, 2023 | David Brown | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Provinces

Manitoba NDP want to take a close look at the province’s private retail cannabis model

April 17, 2023 | Morton Robertson | Cannabis News, Government, Manitoba

Supreme Court upholds Quebec’s right to ban growing cannabis at home

April 14, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Provinces, Quebec

BC announces cannabis policy changes aimed at helping industry

April 12, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces

Family petitions Nova Scotia to cover costs for children’s CBD oil

April 11, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Nova Scotia, Provinces

New rules will allow BC to use civil forfeiture to target illegal cannabis growers

April 7, 2023 | David Brown | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government, Provinces

2023’s tough year in cannabis

April 3, 2023 | Tim Wilson | Business, Government, Insight

The Week in Weed – March 25, 2023

March 25, 2023 | Kieran Delamont | Business, Cannabis News, Government, International

Health Canada seeks feedback on potential amendments to Cannabis Regulations

March 24, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government

Free market for retailers, but not consumption spaces, says Ford

March 21, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Provinces

Trudeau says it’s time for government to “catch up” and support cannabis industry

March 17, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government

Cannabis production licenses continue to come in, as licence revocations increase

March 14, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government

More “edible extracts” companies say they will be pausing production

March 14, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government

Challenges for some small producers shipping products to provinces

March 7, 2023 | Contributor | Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Provinces

Edible extracts, direct delivery make a big splash in BC

March 6, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Business, Government, Insight, Provinces

Health Canada warns public to consume “non compliant” edible extracts with caution

March 3, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government

Surrey Board of Trade says its time for cannabis stores in the city

March 1, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario

Cannabis businesses rally behind banking lawsuit

February 22, 2023 | Staff | Business, Cannabis News, Government

Nova Scotia sold $27 million worth of cannabis in Q3 as local product sales increase

February 21, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Nova Scotia, Provinces, Retail

OCS to reduce margins, move to fixed-pricing mark-up later this year

February 16, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Ontario, Provinces

The importance of safe cannabis purchase and consumption

February 14, 2023 | Contributor | Cannabis News, Government

Canada assessed more than $500 million in excise taxes for fiscal year 2020-2021

February 13, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government

Advocates concerned with lack of separate medical cannabis review

February 13, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government

Can regulators reign in THC inflation without driving consumers to the illicit market?

February 1, 2023 | Kieran Delamont | Cannabis News, Government

BC has brought in more than $157 million in cannabis excise tax since legalization

January 31, 2023 | Staff | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government

What is actually happening with “edible extracts”?

January 26, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government

OCS bug gives some retailers early access

January 18, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Ontario

Survey: Legalization has improved access to medical cannabis in Canada

January 17, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government

CRA provides additional info on intra-industry sale of cannabis products

January 16, 2023 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government

Ontario, Alberta launch new cannabis education programs

January 12, 2023 | Staff | Alberta, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario

BC releases What We Heard report on cannabis consumption spaces

January 10, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Retail

Health Canada commissioning research to compare the effects of novel cannabinoids

January 3, 2023 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Research

The year in provincial pot politics

December 22, 2022 | Kieran Delamont | Government, Insight

Fund launched in BC to assist First Nations interested in cannabis industry

December 16, 2022 | Staff | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government

Updated: Ontario, BC pause listing any new delta-8 THC products, await guidance from Health Canada

December 15, 2022 | Staff | British Columbia, Business, Cannabis News, Government, Ontario

Saskatchewan bill will give First Nations more control over cannabis rules

December 6, 2022 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Saskatchewan

Medical cannabis registrations declining

December 6, 2022 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government

Cannabis nurseries and cultivators navigate PST confusion

December 1, 2022 | Tim Wilson | Cannabis News, Government, Producers

Cannabis farmgate comes to BC

November 30, 2022 | David Brown | British Columbia, Cannabis News, Government

Manitoba looking to repeal 6% fee for cannabis retailers

November 28, 2022 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Manitoba, Retail

Full panel announced for Cannabis Act review

November 24, 2022 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government

OCS eliminates recall liability insurance requirement

November 18, 2022 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Ontario

Despite constitutional concerns, northern Ontario city seeks to limit homegrown cannabis

November 16, 2022 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government, Ontario

Micro cannabis licences continue to grow in popularity

November 15, 2022 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Micro

Study: No significant increase in youth cannabis use following legalization in Canada

November 14, 2022 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government, Research

Much more needed than just a change to tax payment timeline

November 8, 2022 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government

Constitutional challenge brews following Indigenous dispensary raids in Nova Scotia

November 6, 2022 | Kieran Delamont | Cannabis News, Government, Nova Scotia

Bill proposes changes to cannabis excise tax remittance timelines

November 4, 2022 | Staff | Cannabis News, Government

Bending the rules in cannabis access and promotion

November 3, 2022 | Tim Wilson | Government, Insight, Retail

More on proposed cannabis beverage equivalency changes still expected by winter 2022

November 2, 2022 | David Brown | Cannabis News, Government