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Article by David Wylie, Casanet The first full year of legal cannabis is nearly over. We’re reflecting on five major stories that will shape the cannabis discussion in the coming year — and beyond. More brick-and-mortar Cannabis stores are spreading throughout the Okanagan — and B.C. There are now 25 licensed private cannabis stores in the Okanagan, as well as ...

Article by Jonathan Forani, CTV News Emma Alter realized something was wrong with her King Charles spaniel Maggie when she turned down a cookie. They’d gone to the dog park in Toronto where Alter, 31, can only assume Maggie got into something she shouldn’t have. Two to three hours after the walk, the dog had rejected the treat, could barely ...

Article by Dirk Meissner, Globe and Mail Premier John Horgan says it’s the best of times for cannabis users in British Columbia, but they could be even better. . Since recreational cannabis became legal in Canada in October 2018, access to marijuana has become a matter of waiting for the mail to arrive or visiting a licensed dispensary, but something’s ...

Article by Thompson Citizen Stocking stuffers with a kick moved briskly off the shelves at Nova Scotia’s government-operated cannabis shops and at other Canadian vendors that managed to bring in a supply during the leadup to Christmas. In showing off the early offerings of various “edibles” at a Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation outlet on Christmas Eve, spokeswoman Bev Ware noted ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op Canadian licensed producer Aleafia Health Inc. lost a shipment of cannabis of unspecified value on Friday, according to a press release. The Toronto-based company was informed by its unnamed third-party transporter that a vehicle containing a shipment of cannabis bound for wholesale facilities in Ontario was stolen from the carrier’s facility. The cannabis was bound ...

Article by Gord Howard, St. Catherines Standard via Toronto.com Staff at CannTrust’s Pelham facility has been cut by more than half since the Vaughan-based company’s licences to grow and sell cannabis were suspended by Health Canada in September. In July, Health Canada inspectors found cannabis being grown in unlicensed rooms there. They seized more than 4,000 kilograms of “implicated product” ...

Article by Vanmala Subramaniam, Growth Op Cam Battley, one of the cannabis industry’s most well-known figures and the front-facing executive of Aurora Cannabis Inc., has abruptly left his role as chief corporate officer, the company announced over the weekend. Battley’s departure comes as Aurora faces deepening investor scrutiny over weaker-than-expected revenue and a tight cash balance. Aurora’s stock price, which ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op Close to 40 pounds of Canadian cannabis was intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. The bag was bound for Florida and was the property of a Canadian couple, both 20, who were on their way to Miami International Airport. Officers found the cannabis in a bag on December 19 at the Toronto Preclearance Facility. ...

Article by Adam Miller, CBC News The holidays are here, meaning Canadians will be celebrating with family, taking some much deserved time off and gearing up for the new year. It’s also, coincidentally, when new cannabis products will be trickling onto the market. Edibles, beverages, vapes and topicals – such as lotions – became legal for sale in Canada on Dec. ...

Article by Kieran Delamont, Now Toronto It was 2011, and after years of unsuccessfully fighting the country’s medical marijuana regime in court, Stephen Harper’s reefer-mad government doubled mandatory minimum sentences for producing and trafficking marijuana. A few years later, the whole medpot system was privatized. Then came the charismatic Justin Trudeau in 2015, promising to legalize it all. Remember that ...