Article by Jeff Lagerquist, Yahoo Finance Canada “Cannabis stores and cannabis producers” are on Ontario’s list of workplaces permitted to open under the province’s order to close non-essential businesses. It’s a win for a sector facing tough times long before COVID-19 threatened the global economy. Ontario’s list of “essential workplaces” released on Monday evening ranges from hospitals and grocery stores to ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BBN Bloomberg Licensed cannabis stores will remain open in Ontario during a provincial emergency shutdown of non-essential businesses designed to limit the spread of COVID-19, according to two sources directly familiar with the matter. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Monday that all non-essential businesses in the province will be required to shut down effective Tuesday at 11:59 ...

Article by Julia Veintrop, Cannabis Life Network The global outbreak of COVID-19 has changed the face of the world as we know it, but thankfully there is a bit of good news amidst the crisis. With bigger problems to focus on, governments around the world are taking a much more reasonable approach towards cannabis regulation. Several different U.S. states, for example, including ...

Article by Alex Trpkovich, Greencamp via London Free Press High-THC strains have always been in demand, but especially so after the Cannabis Cup events pitted U.S. growers against each other, making it into a genuine, bona fide competition with machines doing the measuring. At first, the Cannabis Cup was a relatively small competition in Amsterdam started in 1988, and was held ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Coronavirus has not yet peaked in North America. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the US infectious diseases chief, didn’t mince words last week when asked if a return to normalcy might be on the horizon. “It’s certainly going to get worse before it gets better,” he said, while urging people to embrace social distancing as a mitigation ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily More cannabis companies saw significant leadership changes in recent days, continuing the trend in which most of Canada’s top producers replaced CEOs or other senior executives in the past year. Auxly Cannabis Group announced the resignation of its chief operating officer, Jeff Tung, effective immediately. The Toronto-based cannabis company also said it is bringing in Alan Cooke ...

Article by Katherine DeClerq, CTV News Toronto The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) has said that same-day delivery will no longer be available due to an increasing demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. The OCS said on Thursday that they were experiencing a “marked increase” in sales over the last few days. According to a spokesperson, nearly 3,000 orders were made on the website ...

Article by Chris Fox, CP24.com As Ontarians increasingly isolate themselves at home amid a COVID-19 outbreak that has spawned the term “social distancing,” the province’s online cannabis retailer is reporting a surge in sales. A spokesperson for the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) tells CTV News Toronto that it has seen a “marked increase” in sales volume in recent days and ...

Article by Jason Miller, Toronto Star As an increasing number of Canadians wait out the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic from the safety of their homes, it seems they have been hoarding more than food and toilet paper — many have been stockpiling cannabis. The Ontario Cannabis Store reports that it has been experiencing a significant spike in sales of dried ...

Article by David Yasvinski, Growth Op Let them eat marijuana. The Consumer Choice Center (CCC) wants the rest of Canada’s provinces to join Saskatchewan and Manitoba in allowing the same-day delivery of cannabis. Self-described champions of lifestyle freedom and innovation, the group noted that weed should not be excluded from the extensive list of everyday items consumers can have brought to ...