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Article by Paul Forsyth  Niagara This Week via St. Catherines Standard Just how mainstream cannabis has become became crystal clear at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls on Friday, with thousands of people — from investors and lawyers to businesspeople and those hoping to grow their own bud at home — packing in for the second day of the ...

Article by CBC News Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp. lost $42 million in the latest fiscal year, according to newly released public documents. The provincial Crown corporation tasked with online sales and wholesale distribution of recreational pot reported revenues of $64 million for the year ended March 31, 2019. However, Ontario’s consolidated financial statements show the OCRC, which operates as the ...

Article by Pancakenap Today we look at Jack Herer, a home grown version. This Jack Herer was grown indoors, in soil, by Squid Pants. You can check out his instagram for pictures of this grow and his upcoming projects. This is the 4th look at flower grown by Squid Pants, big thanks to him for sending it in. Check back to my previous ...

Article by Skyler Ash, Growth Op If you’re looking to kick it into gear and reinvigorate, then Blue Dream is, well, a dream. This is a sativa-dominant strain originally from California, and currently selling for about $56 for 3.5 g through the Ontario Cannabis Store(OCS). The OCS describes the bud as having a THC content of about 18 to 22 percent (and ...

Article by Kate Robertson, London Free Press Canadian farmers have been growing hemp, an industrial variety of cannabis, for food like seed and fiber for clothing for two decades. But until last October, cannabidiol (CBD) — a cannabinoid compound found in the flowering portion of the plant that has been touted as an anti-inflammatory, anti-anxiety agent and other cure-all — ...

Article by Dave Yasvinski, Growth Op As Ottawa prepares to legalize edibles and concentrates later this year, Canadians interested in cannabis oils won’t have to line up for long. A new report by Health Canada shows that—contrary to most cannabis products—the country’s supply of oils appears to be outpacing demand. While dried cannabis sales climbed 4.7 percent in June 2019 compared to ...

Article by Adam Carter, CBC News A judge has paused the licensing process for Ontario Cannabis Stores across the province so a judicial review can take place to determine whether or not 11 would-be store owners were unfairly disqualified. It’s a move that lawyer Peter Brauti, who is representing the 11 people who were disqualified, says is “drastic” and “huge.” “If ...

Article by Jameson Berkow, Globe and Mail An Ontario judge has frozen the province’s cannabis retail licensing process for at least two weeks. . Twelve of the original 42 winners of the Aug. 20 lottery draw were disqualified for failing to submit all the required application materials within five business days of the results and one voluntarily withdrew. All 13 ...

Article by Anisha Dhiman, Growth Op If two’s a company and three’s a crowd, what does five make? When it comes to legal cannabis stores in Toronto’s downtown, that can only mean one thing: being spoilt for choice. From the iPad-wielding budtenders to the mandatory “you shall not pass” ID checks, these five stores are located centrally downtown and within ...

Article by Matthew Van Dongen, Hamilton Spectator A medical marijuana company has abandoned plans to grow pot in a popular indoor sports facility in Stoney Creek less than a year after local soccer players got the boot. Area soccer clubs were caught off-guard last year when a consortium bought the Players Paradise building on Seaman Street with plans to convert ...