Dankr.ca – Your Toronto Connection

Article by CBC News Shares in cannabis firm Hexo Corp. tumbled Friday by as much as 21 per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange after it announced it would issue about 15 million new shares, a move that could dilute the value of its existing stock. The shares fell to a new 26-month low of $2.03 on the first trading ...

Article by Rob Gibson, Casanet Legalization “2.0” is now here, edibles, topicals and extracts became available in B.C. on Dec. 19. Not all dispensaries have the new products at this time and Jo Vos, Managing Director at Leafly, says it could be January 6th before the next wave of cannabis products are available. “This is ushering in an entirely new suite of products ...

Article by Growth Op Want to spice up your sex life with Wonder Woman or curl up with The Golden Girls? Tough luck: Canadian cannabis consumers couldn’t buy these rare cannabis strains on the regulated market in 2019. There are thousands of cannabis strains worldwide, but more than one year after legalization, there’s just a limited number on the regulated Canadian market. ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op With the proper equipment, cannabis can be grown almost anywhere. And grown almost anywhere it was, from behind a tiny, secret, Narnia-like door by a toilet in Nottinghamshire, England to concealed underneath an old barn in Hatherleigh. Continued cannabis prohibition in the UK in particular seems to have bred some serious creativity in the world of cannabis ...

Article by Elianna Lev, Growth Op It’s tough to deny the blessings of CBD. But did we get a little too excited this year about the non-impairing cannabis compound, with its anti-anxiety and anti-inflammatory properties? Now that hemp-derived CBD is federally legal in the United States, industry innovators put the stuff in seemingly everything. Here are some examples of truly baffling products ...

Article by Rachel Browne, Global News Bruce Tobin became interested in psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, 10 years ago when he was approached by a woman who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. She was suffering from intense depression, anxiety and hopelessness and the prospect of imminent death. Fortunately, good treatment sent her cancer into remission. Yet she ...

Article by Dan Karpenchuk, WBFO The retail landscape for cannabis in Ontario will start to look much different beginning in January of 2020. The lottery system implemented by the government of Premier Doug Ford has faced widespread criticism. Much of that criticism was based on frustration.  Many cannabis advocates say it’s ludicrous that during the first year of legalized marijuana, ...

Article by Joanna Lavoie, Toronto.com East Toronto’s Greektown neighbourhood has its legal first pot shop. On Monday, Dec. 16, CANVAS — Toronto’s sixth cannabis store — opened its doors at 730 Danforth Ave., just east of Pape Avenue. It is the city’s first female-owned outlet. Helene Vassos, who worked for 30 years in the non-profit health-care sector, is CANVAS’ sole ...

Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network Grocery stores are stocked full of labels and claims from companies marketing products and their brands. Health Canada regulates a long list of legal definitions for food in a crude attempt to prevent false advertising, “low-sodium” for example. At the same time, you have “natural,” “pesticide-free” foods still filled with “fungicides” coming from an inorganic ...

Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network Ah the holidays, a time for surprises and to share each other’s experiences. Gifts are exchanged with feelings of surprise, but even bad presents are still filled with their own unique joy. As of last year, up to 30 grams of cannabis can be shared just the same as any other gift now. Not all ...