Changes to BC cannabis retail store terms and conditions prevent association with pharmacies or BC government
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Four men charged for illegal gun importation and export of illegally grown cannabis across Canada/USA border via helicopter
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Think tank’s proposals for New Zealand includes micro cannabis licensing
A New Zealand business and economic research group commissioned by the country’s Ministry of Justice to help create a foundation for their proposed cannabis legalization…
Small BC farm loses home insurance because of legal cannabis
One licensed cannabis cultivator on Vancouver Island recently got a scare when they received a letter telling them their home insurance would soon not be…
BC nursery to soon offer drop shipping of tissue culture clones to two Regina retailers
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
BC munis looking for their share of cannabis tax revenue at annual UBCM meeting
The Union of British Columbia Municipalities annual meeting will be taking place virtually this year, from September 22-24. Cannabis and cannabis policy will again be…
BC RCMP seize more than 5,200 cannabis plants from outdoor grow near Lytton
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Saskatchewan RCMP interrupt large scale cannabis and tobacco distribution network
Saskatchewan RCMP say they have concluded a 17 month investigation into the distribution of illicit cannabis and tobacco products between three provinces.
Ontario police announce seizure of another 1,000 cannabis plants from large, commercial grow
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Quebec posts a profit of $9.7 million for cannabis sales for first quarter of 2020-2021
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
1,500 kg of cannabis seized entering US from Canada
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Cannabis extract may protect honey bees from pesticides
A team of researchers at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Poland say they have discovered a way to use cannabis to protect honey bees from…
Ontario to ‘double pace’ of cannabis retail store authorizations
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) says they will begin efforts to double the pace of retail cannabis authorizations beginning this fall.
Ontario to ‘double pace’ of cannabis retail store authorizations
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) says they will begin efforts to double the pace of retail cannabis authorizations beginning this fall.
15,000 cannabis plants seized in another large raid in Ontario
Ontario Provincial Police say they have raided another large scale cannabis farm in coordination with the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) from the City of…
Future of Cannabis NB to be decided by next government
The long-pending plan to sell off New Brunswick’s cannabis retail chain, Cannabis NB, will be a decision for the next government, a representative with the…
BC’s weed police will be enforcing new provincial COVID-19 rules
British Columbia announced last week that police and other provincial enforcement officers were being given the ability to issue large fines for owners or organizers…
US officials seize another large shipment of cannabis coming in from Canada
US customs say they have seized another several hundred kilograms of cannabis entering the country from Canada.
Where does Erin O’Toole stand on cannabis and legalization?
Erin O’Toole is the Conservative Party’s foreign affairs critic and has in the past said the age limit of 18 for cannabis possession was “reckless”…
Ontario town accuses commercial cultivation applicant of growing cannabis illegally
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Over 500 kg of cannabis seized coming into Michigan from Ontario
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Doug Ford forgot he was the one who made smoking weed in public legal in Ontario
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Ontario Provincial Police conduct raid of two large Niagara-area cannabis grow-ops
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Americans have intercepted more than 23,000 pounds of weed coming from Canada since March
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Yet another large cannabis seizure at Peace Bridge connecting Canada and US
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Kids discover 18 cannabis plants while on a hike in Saanich, BC
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Study finds higher rates of autism if mothers use cannabis during pregnancy
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Large cannabis seizures at US/Canada border continue with another 240 kg found at Peace Bridge
On August 6, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo seized another 240 kg (530 lbs.) of cannabis in commercial…
Uruguay continues to raise the price of cannabis
Uruguay has announced that starting Friday, August 7, 2020, the price of a 5 gram package of dried cannabis will be 300 Uruguayan pesos (about…
How to buy legal cannabis seeds in Canada
More options for those looking to buy cannabis seeds through legal channels are arriving in store shelves in some provinces across Canada.
Police in Hanover, Ontario seize 386 pot plants, 898 grams of dried cannabis after neighbourhood complaints
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Toronto police arrest six, seize 231kg of cannabis worth an estimated $2.3 million
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
New Zealand man growing cannabis to pay for back surgery pleads guilty
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
US officials seize another large cannabis shipment at Canadian border, the latest in a string of large shipments
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
First of its kind hemp seed shipment from Australia to New Zealand
This first successful export of hemp seed from Australia to New Zealand has taken place under new legislation allowing exports passed in June 2020.
New Brunswicker starts petition to block sale of Cannabis NB
A New Brunswick resident has started a petition to get the provincial government to reconsider their plans to sell off Cannabis NB, the chain of…
Person who consumed “large quantity of cannabis edibles” steals car, leads police on chase
Police in Brantford, Ontario are reporting an incident involving alleged intoxication from cannabis edibles that lead to a chase, accident, and arrest of one individual…
Exploring Bonsai Cannabis
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Transition your cannabis facility in the Kootenays – free workshop July 13
Cannabis growers in the Kootenays will be able to learn what it will take to transition their existing grow infrastructure to fit into the legal…
Australian legalization candidate pushes for cannabis reform
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Alberta court says THC limitation of 30mg/ml on THC oil or 10 mg per capsule was a violation of the Charter
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
How Cannabis Made the Ballot in New Zealand
New Zealand citizens will head to the polls on September 19, 2020 to determine the country’s stance on adult use cannabis reform.
Niagara police bust large scale illegal cannabis grow operation
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Record $20 million cannabis seizure at US/Canada border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers announced today yet another cannabis seizure at the US/Canada border, the fourth large capture in the past few…
Kootenay cannabis growers benefit from local licensing program
Some of the Kootenay’s first cannabis growers have begun making their way through Community Futures Central Kootenay – a local program designed to help transition…
First Nation Cannabis in Canada
The recreational cannabis scenery has witnessed some remarkable changes in the past few months after the federal legalization of cannabis.
Health Canada offers updates on temporary measures for cannabis industry during COVID-19
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Manitoba and Saskatchewan expand retail footprint with store-in-store licences
As Saskatchewan and Manitoba open to more cannabis retail licence applications, companies large and small are assessing the opportunity. Manitoba greenlit applications for new cannabis…
Large cannabis seizures at US Canada border continue
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
BC Government announces $500,000 grant for Williams Lake Indian Band micro cannabis facility
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Alberta Cannabis Retail: The Wild West
With a population of 4.3 million, Alberta accounts for roughly 11.5 percent of the Canadian population, and with 466 cannabis providers listed on the Alberta…
The untapped potential of cannabis topicals
It has been six months since ‘cannabis 2.0’ brought a wave of new cannabis products to the Canadian market. New items like beverages, edibles, and…
Health Canada announces new changes to CTLS
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
New Brunswick says decision to privatize cannabis distribution and retail could come by summer
The Government of New Brunswick says a decision to potentially select a new single private operator model for the sale of recreational cannabis in New…
The opportunities and challenges in developing cannabis edibles
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Yet another large cannabis shipment from Canada seized at US border
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Canada Border Services seize over $10 million worth of cannabis destined for the US
The Canada Border Services Agency announced on June 10 that more than $10 million worth of suspected cannabis was seized from two separate locations in…
Toys “R” Us wins case against Vancouver cannabis dispensary
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
What happens when you bring 2.5kg of hash rosin through airport security in Canada?
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Legacy retailers in BC transitioning to the legal market
While legalization has created many new opportunities for people who were not previously involved with the cannabis industry, British Columbia is unique in how many…
Video shows man purportedly purchasing pot clones from a Kelowna Home Depot
A video showing a person buying clones at a Home Depot in Kelowna was recently shared online from an account that had posted pictures purportedly…
US authorities seize another 800 kg of cannabis coming from Canada
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Peace Bridge, connecting upstate New York and Ontario, announced today a seizure of more than 800…
Alberta issues recall for AgMedica Vertical cannabis beverages
The Alberta Gaming Liquor and Cannabis agency that manages Alberta cannabis issued a product recall today for two cannabis beverages sold by Ontario producer AgMedica…
The future of legal cannabis is small scale
While consumers do care about things like potency, or THC percentages, they also care about the entire bag appeal, the terpene profile and appearance, the…
Ontario Provincial Joint Force Cannabis Enforcement Team raids online retailer
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Nunavut begins accepting new retail cannabis licence applications
Nunavut began accepting cannabis retail licence applications this week, starting on June 1.
Retailers concerned with palm oil in cannabis products
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
New Brunswick bans indoor cannabis on agricultural land
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Researchers identify pine resin as a toxic cannabis extract adulterant
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Canadian cannabis crop receipts now over $1 billion
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
High pressure aeroponics at North 40 Cannabis
North 40 uses a high pressure aeroponics system to grow their cannabis – the same technology NASA uses in space to grow food. This method…
Canada’s first brick and mortar cannabis pharmacy to begin providing cannabis soon
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
New cannabis extracts making their way to the legal market
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Researchers identifying antimicrobial activity in cannabis roots
Researchers from Universities in Mississippi, USA and Egypt recently released a paper on the chemical study of Cannabis sativa roots, identifying antimicrobial activity in two…
BC Cannabis Secretariat rejects call for a temporary exemption for the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Health Canada announces changes to streamline cannabis licensing process
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Tip from public leads RCMP to suspected online cannabis retailer in BC
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Proposed micro cultivation facility in Williams Lake, BC runs into conflict between First Nation and city council
A proposed micro cultivation facility in Williams Lake BC on Williams Lake Indian Band land is turning into a fight over jurisdiction between the Band…
Court dismisses health claims associated with Organigram pesticide recalls
A judge from Nova Scotia’s Court of Appeal has ruled that public injury claims made against Organigram Inc by patients who consumed their cannabis products…
First Nation in Ontario to lower the age of access to cannabis, allow the sale of edibles
The Nipissing First Nation in Ontario recently announced their intention to lower the age of access to cannabis on their land, as well as allow…
Exploring aquaponics with Habitat Craft Cannabis
In situations where farmland or water is limited, and in times where demand for food is high, there are advantages to a system that can…
Health Canada extends temporary pause of on-site inspections, other regulatory changes for cannabis industry
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Injured Nova Scotia worker awarded compensation for cost of medical cannabis oil by Workers’ Compensation Board
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
New cannabis seeds coming to Ontario and BC soon
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Winnipeg police raid illicit online dispensary, seize product, arrest one
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Last of three charges dismissed against Ontario cop for speaking at legalization conference
An Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant who had previously been found guilty by a professional standards bureau tribunal for speaking against prohibition at a conference in…
US Customs and Border Protection seize 70 pounds of pot coming in from Canada
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Cannabis collective looks to connect home growers with patients in need
An organization in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is seeking to address some of the challenges the neighbourhood residents are facing when it comes to accessing cannabis…
The state of legal cannabis in the Yukon
BC updated their cannabis retail store terms and conditions this week, making changes to how cannabis retailers can associate with other business, and brand their…
Two Conservatives apologize over cannabis conspiracy theory
A former Conservative MP and a current Conservative MP who both raised a conspiracy theory about a ‘leaked task force report’ that supposedly led to…
