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Article by Marijuana Business Daily Cannabis businesses in Canada benefited from millions of dollars in pandemic-related subsidies from the federal government, according to research by the publication The Deep Dive and verified by Marijuana Business Daily. Other businesses tapped into interest-free loans, as well as lending offered by agricultural lender Farm Credit Canada (FCC), according to financial statements. At least 18 cannabis businesses, ...

Article by Dylan Klimchuk and Cody Lindsay It’s Monday and that means another delicious recipe to start your week! You’re going to learn how to make cannabis-infused Nanaimo bars. Before we get into it, you’ll need some cannabis butter. You can either purchase some or make your own! If you don’t know how to make cannabis butter, refer to our post here. As you may ...

Article by Kevin Yarr, CBC News Facing a debt of over $200 million, FIGR Group has been granted creditor protection while it seeks a buyer, according to court filings by the monitor. The Ontario Superior Court granted the protection until Jan. 29, but that could be extended. FTI Consulting was appointed as the monitor. After initial excitement, a number of cannabis companies ...

Article by Yahoo! News The Chatham-Kent Police’s Intelligence Unit has taken down four large-scale illegal cannabis grow operations, all within the past six months. Since September, police have seized more than 25,000 pot plants in the community, worth an estimated $25.5 million. According to police, the first of the three operations was found when officers with the service’s Intelligence Unit ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Members of the Port Alberni Fire Department were ready to battle a blaze in the former Acklands-Grainger building on 3rd Avenue, but upon arriving found out there were no flames to douse. Responding to a 911 call reporting heavy smoke on Jan. 21, firefighters arrived to find what looked to be smoke coming from the ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Age of first use of cannabis may influence future consumption, whether that be higher or lower, but changes in consumption between age 19 and 22 appear not to be associated with a greater frequency of psychotic-like experiences (PLEs). That was the finding of a new study, published in Schizophrenia Research, by a team of researchers from ...

Article by Toronto Sun Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart on Tuesday launched a line of cannabis-infused oil drops and soft-baked chews for dogs, months after the successful release of her cannabidiol (CBD) gummie treats for humans hit shelves in the United States. Stewart is banking on a nearly one-year partnership with Canada’s Canopy Growth Corp , the world’s top pot producer by market ...

Article by Alfredo Pascual, Marijuana Business Daily The French Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) selected the companies that will supply France’s medical cannabis pilot program that’s intended to provide free products to patients enrolled in the trial. Cannabis companies from Australia, Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom – in partnership with French pharmaceutical distributors – will provide the products ...

Article by Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily The Canadian cannabis industry should brace for more facility closures, bankruptcies and consolidation amid a worsening oversupply situation, Jefferies analyst Owen Bennett warned this week following a Marijuana Business Daily report drawing attention to the country’s ballooning inventory. In a note to investors, Bennett said the glut would not impact all producers equally. “A large glut ...

Article by Graeme Frisque, Brampton Guardian Brampton’s “budding” cannabis retail market has a new addition. The POTery, located at 239 Queen St. East, opened its doors in January and is the city’s third legal pot shop listed on the Ontario government’s authorized cannabis retailer website. “Our main motto is to make sure that Brampton has reliable and fast access to cannabis ...