This week at StratCann, we covered the most recent report from Israel regarding allegations of “product dumping” from Canadian cannabis producers (more on this next week).
We also looked into the recent micro licence issued by the Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Board, the second cannabis production licence the KCCB has issued in coordination with Health Canada.
A clinical psychologist says he has concerns with a recent cannabis marketing campaign from the NSLC, and Tilray’s Aphria RX facility launched its first German-grown cannabis.
The BC Government is looking to seize two properties they say are connected to cannabis trafficking, and a law firm alleges that the SQDC broke provincial rules with its “rotating” SKU pricing.
In our profile series, we featured Todd Veri from Cedar Bug Farms in BC and his life mission to grow the most affordable cannabis in Canada.
It was another busy week in Canadian cannabis finance news, with Cronos, Rubicon Organics, Medipharm Labs, and Avicanna releasing their Q3 2024 reports and the SQDC releasing their Q2 2024 report. Also, Delta 9 has selected a bid from its SISP process, still to be approved by the court on November 15 (results pending).
In law enforcement news, police in Ajax, ON, are searching for three suspects in a cannabis store arson, while an assault with a knife led to two arrests and a raid at an unlicensed cannabis store in Nova Scotia.
Police in Calgary arrested a man who was wanted in connection with several cannabis store robberies earlier this year, while police in Kingston, Ontario raided an unlicensed store, and CBSA authorities seized 40 kg of cannabis on its way to the UK. Police in Quebec made arrests in connection to illicit cannabis.
In other cannabis news
Willow Biosciences Inc. announced that it has advanced work on its proprietary yeast strain for production of THC and plans to commercially launch in the Canadian market.
Radio Canada is reminding people to be wary of cannabis poisoning incidents with their pets, especially dags. D’ya like dags?
City News says more Canadians are aware cannabis can impair driving abilities but notes many still do it.
Dave Berry, the Executive VP at AGLC, spoke with local media about the agency’s new Forget Bad Bud campaign.
The University of Prince Edward Island profiled entrepreneur Sarra Jayasinghe, who owns Ricci Cannabis, which produces cannabis-infused and non-alcoholic wine beverages.
The Journal at Queen’s University says cannabis consumers feel like second-class citizens in a culture awash in overconsumption of booze.
Organigram CEO Beena Goldenberg has once again penned an article on the challenges the company faces with regulations and taxes.
The Honourable Lorne Kusugak is now the Minister responsible for the Nunavut Liquor and Cannabis Commission and the Minister responsible for the Nunavut Liquor and Cannabis Board.
The Kahnawá:ke Cannabis Control Board (KCCB) will be conducting in-person consultations with residents living in close proximity to recently proposed cannabis store locations.
International cannabis news
Conservatives in Germany say they would reverse legalization. “We don’t want to smoke pot, we want safety and order,” said Tino Sorge, a health policy spokesman for the German center-right CDU/CSU group, whose party has pledged to overturn the legalization of cannabis if they win power in February’s election.
Italy’s flourishing “cannabis light” (hemp) industry risks being uprooted this year when Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni intends to push a bill through parliament to ban any product deriving from the hemp flower. While cannabis production is illegal in Italy, parliament eight years ago authorized trade in hemp.
Within days of seizing 170 pounds of cannabis destined for the United Kingdom, US Customs and Border Protection officers seized 343 more pounds of UK-bound cannabis at an international shipping service facility in Delaware County, PA.
And finally, The American Journal of Public Health published a report on US state recreational and medical cannabis delivery laws.
