This week at StratCann, we looked at Delta 9 receiving CCAA protection, while SNDL announced it was laying off 106 employees as part of a restructuring process.
We also dove into new cannabis sales figures from Stats Canada, the new adverse reports review from Health Canada, and cannabis clinical trials being hampered by a lack of GMP cannabis.
BC provided updates to its cannabis sampling rules, and the federal government responded to a recent edibles petition tabled in the House of Commons.
A cannabis farmgate store in Victoria moved one step closer to reality, and Purileaf recalled their Frank CBD Oil 100 due to a labelling error.
Lastly, Alberta and BC reached an agreement over wine sales. We point out that the cannabis industry has similar asks.
In other cannabis news
The town of Aurora, Ontario, is frustrated by a cannabis facility that continues to operate against municipal bylaws. The article says the business is i420.club, or the Toronto Cannabis Delivery Club, with more than 20 locations across the GTA. Since the dispute is a bylaw issue, York Regional Police are not involved, according to York Regional Police Const. James Dickson.
The owner of True North Cannabis in Cambridge, Ontario, says he is frustrated by the lack of enforcement against unlicensed stores by the Waterloo Regional Police Services.
Highlighting this ongoing issue in Ontario with unlicensed cannabis stores, one company shared a press release about a new delivery service for an unlicensed cannabis store in Kensington Market.
Council in Esterhazy, SK, denied a second cannabis store, citing concerns that its main street could be lined with cannabis stores. The town of about 2,300 residents currently has one cannabis store.
The Wheatland County Municipal Planning Commission refused a development permit for a cannabis store within the Hamlet of Gleichen, Alberta. The town is home to one cannabis store, the Gleichen Cannabis Store.
The National Post once again trotted out some rage-bait fan fiction about the “failure” of legalization that distorts and misrepresents real issues facing the industry with some boring, run-of-the-mill Trudeau-bad/taxes-bad nonsense.
Law enforcement
NL RCMP seized cannabis, cigarettes, and cash in Grand Falls-Windsor.
The OPP charged three people after executing two search warrants in Dunnville and Cayuga, seizing around $200,000 in cannabis, cannabis products, and currency on July 17.
On July 17, 2024, at approximately 6:00 a.m., officers from the East District in Winnipeg responded to a report of a Commercial break-in at a cannabis shop in the 1000 block of Henderson Highway.
Saskatchewan RCMP says they recently suspended 35 drivers for operating a vehicle under the influence of cannabis during a two-day check stop.
Canada Border Services reported 32 kg of cannabis seized at Halifax International Airport in a video shared on social media.
International cannabis news
A man from Ontario pleaded guilty to importing cannabis into Bermuda this past week. He was sentenced to 8.5 years for the 19.5 kilograms of cannabis found hidden in the lining of his baggage. Last week, a Canadian woman admitted in the Supreme Court that she smuggled a similar quantity into the island.
A New York court has thrown out a suit filed by investors in Canopy Growth Corp, arguing they failed to show that the cannabis producer’s executives had the necessary level of intent for securities fraud when they allegedly misrepresented the success of sports drink subsidiary BioSteel.
California has recalled several vape pens in recent weeks, including two this past week, for the presence of the pesticide chlorfenapyr.
A US federal judge refused to halt New York City’s crackdown on unlicensed sellers of cannabis, citing public safety concerns. New York City has closed 640 unlicensed smoke shops since early May, using enforcement powers under a new state law known as the Smokeout Act.
And finally, US Federal Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a case brought by a coalition of cannabis companies challenging the federal prohibition on cannabis.
