Article by Nivedha Elango, 420 Investor Daily It looks like vaping products won’t be available in the Alberta cannabis market anytime soon. Even though Canada permits the sale of cannabis vaping products nationally, the province is still skeptical about them when it comes to people’s safety. The government of Alberta is currently in the process of reviewing tobacco products and ...

Article by Robin Levinson-King, BBC News More than a year ago, Canada made recreational cannabis legal. So why are people still buying it on the black market? When Canada legalised marijuana just over a year ago, it seemed like anyone who was anyone wanted to break into the market. The media nicknamed the frenzy Canada’s “green rush”, as investors like ...

Article by Josh Duncan, Kelowna Now The Central Okanagan’s third legal cannabis store, and West Kelowna’s first, opened its doors today. Spiritleaf is now taking customers at 104-1195 Industrial Rd., just off Hwy 97 near Mount Boucherie. It’s the chain’s second location in the Okanagan after its Vernon location, which opened up in June and its 42nd location across British Columbia, ...

Article by Ryan Cooke, CBC News A Corner Brook man was found guilty of having cannabis unlawfully in his vehicle, after police pulled him over and found his passenger with weed scattered over his lap and rolling papers in his hand. A police officer testified it looked like the passenger was in the process of rolling a joint to smoke. The man ...

Article by Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily Quebec’s largest federally licensed cannabis producer has moved its corporate head office from Gatineau, Quebec, to its existing office in Ottawa, Ontario. Hexo Vice President of Communications Isabelle Robillard wrote in an email to Marijuana Business Daily that the company tried to avoid the administrative change, but “this choice was imposed on us as we ...

Article by Sean Williams, Motley Fool There’s no denying that marijuana has the potential to be a big-money business. Every year, tens of billions of dollars in sales are being conducted in the black market, which provides plenty of hope that these consumers will steadily be transitioned to legal channels over time. However, this hope didn’t translate into positive results ...

Article by CBC News Shares in cannabis firm Hexo Corp. tumbled Friday by as much as 21 per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange after it announced it would issue about 15 million new shares, a move that could dilute the value of its existing stock. The shares fell to a new 26-month low of $2.03 on the first trading ...

Article by Rob Gibson, Casanet Legalization “2.0” is now here, edibles, topicals and extracts became available in B.C. on Dec. 19. Not all dispensaries have the new products at this time and Jo Vos, Managing Director at Leafly, says it could be January 6th before the next wave of cannabis products are available. “This is ushering in an entirely new suite of products ...

Article by Growth Op Want to spice up your sex life with Wonder Woman or curl up with The Golden Girls? Tough luck: Canadian cannabis consumers couldn’t buy these rare cannabis strains on the regulated market in 2019. There are thousands of cannabis strains worldwide, but more than one year after legalization, there’s just a limited number on the regulated Canadian market. ...

Article by Dan Karpenchuk, WBFO The retail landscape for cannabis in Ontario will start to look much different beginning in January of 2020. The lottery system implemented by the government of Premier Doug Ford has faced widespread criticism. Much of that criticism was based on frustration.  Many cannabis advocates say it’s ludicrous that during the first year of legalized marijuana, ...