Article by James Hopkin, Soo Today There’s less than two weeks to go before Hello Cannabis opens its doors in Sault Ste. Marie, and that has both management and ownership budding with anticipation. On Friday, owner and licence lottery winner Tom Miszuk, who is in partnership with Hello Cannabis, confirmed the city’s first retail cannabis store will open to the ...

Article by Kevin Nielsen, Global News By the end of the month, cannabis users in Kitchener will finally be able to shop local. Meta Cannabis Co. announced on Thursday that it will open a cannabis store on Fairview Road on Feb. 28. The store will open its doors at noon with an official grand opening getting underway at 4 p.m. The announcement ...

Article by Jeff Labine, Grow Op The city’s community and public services committee is slated to review a report on the future of cannabis lounges next week. But before the businesses can hit Edmonton’s streets, Alberta and Ottawa have to roll out separate legislations. The report headed to Tuesday’s meeting states no provinces have licensed cannabis lounges or cafes, however, ...

Article by Vanmala Subramaniam, Financial Post Prices of hundreds of cannabis products at Ontario’s provincially owned online retail store have decreased dramatically since legalization, a result of rising cannabis supply and a proliferation of product offerings from producers. . “To date, more than 200 product price decreases have been made on dried cannabis, pre-rolls, oils and capsules as well as ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op Despite their historic love of the illicit cannabis market, what with its selection and prices, Canadians may be coming around to the idea of scoring their weed from legal sources. Per the 2019 National Cannabis Survey, approximately 29.4 percent of users reported obtaining all of their cannabis from a licensed retailer. That is triple the percentage ...

Article by Yasmin Shaker, Financial Posts The headlines haven’t been encouraging for Canada’s cannabis industry lately. The press reports the industry is bracing for a wave of insolvencies as companies run short of cash and lay off workers. There are several reasons for this but a main problem is over-supply and an inability to get product to markets. This is ...

Article by Michael Lee, The North Bay Nugget The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit has made an appeal to the applicant behind the proposed Tokyo Smoke shop on Lakeshore Drive to have the cannabis store moved to another location away from nearby alcohol retailers and schools. In a letter written in mid-December, Healthy Living program manager Chris Bowes ...

Article by Jean Grant, Toronto Life Last summer, the Ontario government doled out an additional 42 cannabis retail store licenses. Meta Cannabis Co., a new store located in the old Dominion bank building at Yonge and Gerrard, is part of that second wave of permits. The owner of this particular emporium is a local grandmother and semi-retired insurance consultant (she ...

Article by Ashley Wadhwani, Nelson Star A group of employees at a B.C. cannabis company have become the first private sector dispensary workers to unionize in Canada. Staff members at two Clarity Cannabis storefronts in Greater Victoria have joined the United Food and Commercial Workers’ 1518 Local, the union announced Tuesday. Clarity Cannabis operates five other stores in B.C., including ...

Article by Jackie Sharkey, CBC News A CBC News analysis has revealed the price of cannabis extracts varies widely across Canada, with the same product costing up to three and a half times more in one provincially run online store than another. The inconsistencies, experts say, could undermine efforts to wipe out the country’s illegal market. The analysis looked at the ...