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Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Alcanna Inc. said Monday it is spinning off its cannabis retailer division and merging it with YSS Corp. in an all-stock deal that would value the combined company at about $130 million. The new company is expected to be renamed Nova Cannabis Inc. and will rebrand most of its retail footprint to Value Buds, a move ...

Article by CTV News Police officers seized more than $200,000 in cannabis products from a pair of commercial buildings in Waterloo last week. Officers carried out a search warrant at the buildings on Baffin Place on Friday afternoon. According to a news release, officers started investigating the possible production and distribution of these products the day before. Police executed the ...

Article by Michael J. Armstrong, The Conversation While efforts to legalize recreational cannabis nationally have stalled in the United States, New Zealand, Mexico and Israel, Canada’s legal market continues to evolve. Health Canada has recently been receiving suggestions for revising its cannabis product regulations. Now it must decide what changes to make. One priority should be giving producers more packaging and labelling flexibility. This could help businesses ...

Article by Maria Loreto, The Fresh Toastvia Growth Op It’s barely 2021 and already people are comparing its stress levels to 2020, which was filled with a record number of stressors. But if a recent survey is any sort of pulse check, there may be a source of relief: cannabis. Compiled by cannabis company Verilife, the survey acquired data by looking into ...

Article by Cision Newswire With the extension of lockdown orders in Ontario, Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. (“FFHC”) (TSX: FAF)  is pleased to announce that it has mobilized its network of stores to expand its free, best-in-class, same-day delivery across Ontario with a delivery radius from North Bay south to Toronto and from London east to Ottawa. Recent acquistions and openings in the province, including the Friendly Stranger, Happy Dayz, and HotBox ...

Article by Julia Veintrop, Cannabis Life Network Have you ever wondered how long weed stays in the system? Ask An Expert! Dr. Markus Roggen will tell you all about it and more! This week is all about plant genetics and making sure you are getting the good stuff… into your system and out of it. Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5 of ...

Article by Sean Mason, Proactive Nextleaf Solutions Ltd (CSE:OILS) (OTCMKTS:OILFF) reported that it has been granted a patent for the acetylation of cannabinoids (CBD), as well as the subsequent refinement of CBD-O-Acetate using a proprietary extraction and distillation technique, from the Canadian intellectual property office. Nextleaf noted that it now owns 12 US patents and 70 patents globally for the extraction, ...

Article by Keith Dempsey, The Post Walkerton’s former Energizer factory, which has remained vacant for more than three years, will soon be budding with business and local employment. That business is a licensed cannabis growing facility. In October of 2020, Brockton council approved the rezoning for the former Energizer plant, located at 165 Kincardine Highway, in Walkerton. A second planning ...

Article by Darren MacDonald, CTV News Despite ruling that a search of a suspect’s vehicle wasn’t warranted, an Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled that evidence from the search – illegal drugs – is still admissible. The case dates back to October 2018, when Algoma Ontario Provincial Police using a radar gun clocked a driver travelling 120 km/r in a ...

Article by Greg Beacham, City News The UFC will no longer punish fighters for using marijuana in most cases, making a major change to its anti-doping policy. The world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion confirmed Thursday that it will no longer worry about positive tests for carboxy-THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, unless it believes a fighter used it intentionally ...