Article by CBC News Cannabis users eagerly awaiting the arrival of legal edibles in Ontario will have to wait a bit longer for the variety of options many expected. On Friday, the crown corporation tasked with online sales and wholesale distribution of recreational cannabis unveiled 16 edible products being delivered to brick-and-mortar stores next week. They’ll be available online by ...
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Some Cannabis Edibles Will be Available in Ontario Stores Next Week
Article by Chris Fox CTV News Toronto Some edible cannabis products will be available in stores as early as next week but officials with Ontario’s pot distributor are warning that supplies will be limited at first. Cannabis edibles, extracts and topicals were officially legalized in October but due to a 60-day approval period imposed by Health Canada, there was a ...
Read More »Downtown Peterborough May Be the New Location of the First Legal Cannabis Store in the Kawarthas
Article by Bruce Head, Kawartha Now The first legal cannabis store in the Kawarthas may now be located in downtown Peterborough rather than beside the Coffee Time in Fowlers Corners on the outskirts of the city. The proposed “Grower’s Retail” store is at 225 George Street North, near the corner of Sherbrooke Street, beside the Service Canada location and across ...
Read More »The Cost of Legal Edibles Is Too Damn High to Get High
Article by Manisha Krishnan, Vice News Would you spend $15 on a beer? Unless you’re some kind of beer aficionado, probably not. But you’ll have to drop that much to purchase some of the new cannabis drinks hitting the market in Canada. Legal weed edibles started to hit shelves in late December, and still aren’t widely available across the country. ...
Read More »New Fire & Flower Cannabis Store Set to Blossom in Toronto’s Chinatown Area
Article by David Yasvinski, Growth Op Fire & Flower signage has appeared in the window of what will be one of Toronto’s newest cannabis dispensaries at 433 Spadina Avenue. However, the appearance of signs alone does not mean an opening is imminent, reports BlogTO. Fire & Flower has had a much larger location secured in the city’s Yorkville location for almost a ...
Read More »‘Iconic’ Cannabis Brand Partners With Weed Shop Set to Open Near Western University
Article by Dale Carruthers, London Free Press London’s next marijuana retail store will bear one of the most recognized names in Ontario’s cannabis culture. Ontario pot lottery winner Noah Soberano has struck a deal to open a marijuana retail outlet at the gates of Western University under the Friendly Stranger banner. A pot paraphernalia store in Toronto’s trendy Queen West ...
Read More »Legalization 2.0: Canada’s Second Wave of Cannabis Products was Anti-Climactic
Article by David Yasvinski, Growth Op Much of the past year was spent in eager anticipation of Legalization 2.0 and the arrival of edibles, extracts, vapes and topicals to dispensary store shelves. But with the joyous date arriving late in the year (Oct. 17) — and Health Canada requiring licence holders to give 60 days’ notice before selling new products ...
Read More »Teens Hit Up SQDC in Search of ‘Quality Weed’ Before Age Limit Changes
Article by Aaron Derfel, Montreal Gazette Lily Kisilevich and her two best friends travelled to Montreal from Toronto over the holidays to enjoy the sights and sounds of the city — and also to buy pot. Kisilevich, Meaghan Smith and Rylee Restoule are all 18, and in Ontario, the legal age to consume cannabis is 19. So on Monday, despite ...
Read More »Nova Scotia is Almost Sold Out of Edibles, Other Second-Wave Cannabis Products
Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op Nova Scotians are loving their second-wave cannabis products — so much so that they’re getting nearly impossible to find at licensed stores across the province. Beverly Ware, spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC), told NEWS 97.5 on Friday that edibles, in particular, are flying off the shelves. The demand for the recently available products has ...
Read More »Quebec Raising Legal Age For Cannabis to 21, the Strictest in the Country
Article by Sidhartha Banerjee, CityNews Quebecers under the age of 21 won’t be able to buy or possess recreational cannabis as of Wednesday, ushering in the toughest age restrictions in the country since pot was legalized 14 months ago. The Coalition Avenir Quebec government passed legislation in the fall that upped the legal age for accessing cannabis from 18, citing ...
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