Dankr.ca – Your Toronto Connection

Article by Aidan Wallace, Toronto Sun This is set to be an exciting year for the Canadian cannabis industry, but there are still several hurdles the fledgling industry must overcome if it is to live up to pre-legalization hype. According to data from Brightfield Group’s January 2020 Canadian Cannabis report, one-third of Canadian cannabis consumers were unsure which brands they ...

Article by Sean Williams, The Motley Fool Putting aside the growing pains that the marijuana industry has encountered over the past year, it’s still expected to be one of the fastest-growing industries on the planet over the next decade. Though estimates are all over the board, Wall Street is looking for annual weed sales to catapult from $10.9 billion in ...

Article by Aidan Geary, CBC News If you’re one of the many Manitobans picking up edibles in recent months, veterinarians want to remind you to keep your cannabis far from your pets. Dr. Ian Sandler, CEO of Grey Wolf Animal Health in Toronto, said while it’s never good to let pets get into products with a high THC content, edibles can pose ...

Toronto is an amazing city for cannabis with so many diverse events going on. Here is a list of the events going on this upcoming week and weekend: Monday, February 10, 2020: Battle Royale! When: 8:00pm-11:00pm Where: Underground Comedy Club (670 Queen St E, Toronto) Price: $10 Tuesday, February 11, 2020: Wednesday, February 12, 2020: Free Cannabis Grow Class When: 6:00pm-8:00pm Where: Grow Op Hydroponics (1332 Bloor St. West, Toronto) ...

Article by Joy Lo Dico, Financial Times George Thomas does not look like a typical cannabis grower. He wears a smart tweedy jacket and chinos, has a tidy crop of ginger hair and a West Country accent. His vowels fall like apples to the ground. But in one of the steel barns on the 200 acres of farmland he shares ...

Article by Taylor Blewett, Ottawa Citizen Superette, the company behind one of Ottawa’s first cannabis retail stores, announced plans Thursday to open a new Bank Street location. . The Glebe-area store at 852 Bank St. will be located in a new building at the corner of Bank Street and Fifth Avenue, across the street from McDonald’s. . Superette opened its ...

Article by David Yasvinski, Growth Op Police forces of the future may come equipped with handheld lasers. Similarities in the appearance and odour of hemp and marijuana plants have confounded authorities for years, prompting researchers to step up efforts to develop a reliable method of distinguishing the difference between the two. A team of researchers at Texas A&M University may ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema is looking to clean up the city’s overcrowded red-light district by citing recent survey results that indicate many visiting Brits and tourists from other foreign countries would think twice about visiting if they could no longer purchase cannabis from its iconic coffee shops. Halsema, who wants to reduce the number of ...

Article by Global News Canadian pot grower CannTrust Holdings Inc on Thursday named Greg Guyatt as chief executive officer, months after it fired Peter Aceto following a Health Canada finding that the marijuana producer grew cannabis in unlicensed rooms. CannTrust fired Aceto from the top role in July last year and named Robert Marcovitch as the interim CEO, more than two weeks after Canadian ...

Article by Tara Deschamps, CBC News Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s second quarter earnings were weighed down by a drop in cannabis production and the costs associated with ramping up efforts to roll out cannabis edibles and vapes. The Edmonton-based company revealed Thursday that it incurred a loss in its second quarter and that its net revenue for the three months ended ...