Article by Matt Zabloski, Policy Options Alberta has emerged as the exception to the national trend of a struggling legal cannabis market. It has almost as many retail stores licensed as all other provinces combined, with sales that rival those of Ontario or Quebec despite having a fraction of their population. There are a number of factors that contribute to ...

Article by Peter Smith, Daily Hive The East Coast of Canada may have been the first place to get cannabis edibles, but the east end of Toronto has been getting considerably less love when it comes to cannabis retail. The city’s newest brick-and-mortar pot shop, Canvas, opened the doors to its 730 Danforth Avenue location on Monday, and it has nothing but ...

Article by Harrison Jordan, Leafly Canada Dec. 16, 2019 was the first day edibles, concentrates, and topicals could legally be sold in Canada. Referred to as “Legalization 2.0” or “Cannabis 2.0” products, they span a range of formats, from different types of concentrate-filled vapes to edibles such as gummies and chocolates, to beverages such as sparkling water and tea, as well as ...

Article by Jacquie Miler, Ottawa Citizen The public is being asked to comment on a proposal for a new Hobo Recreational Cannabis shop on Clarence Street in the ByWard Market. The proposed store at 121 Clarence St. at Dalhousie will be the second Ottawa location for the B.C.-based cannabis store chain. A Hobo store opened last April on Bank Street ...

Article by Vanmala Subramaniam, Growth Op A number of prominent cannabis retail chains including Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. and High Tide Inc. are in the process of taking ownership control of Ontario cannabis retail stores held by the winners of the first lottery round, thanks to a clause in the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)’s rules that allows for those ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op It’s been 14 months since Canada lifted the prohibition on cannabis and the halcyon days that followed have fallen so far into the past they have become difficult to remember. Companies have dissolved. Stores have failed to open. Products have not met the quality or price expectations of consumers. The government has stuck to ...

Article by Erik White, CBC News Highlife in Sudbury was supposed to be northern Ontario’s first legal pot shop. But weeks of delays in getting a licence from the province saw it fall behind its crosstown rival Cana Cabana and the owners even paid a fine for not opening on time this past spring. The Ontario government now plans to ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Canadians bought nearly 100 tonnes of legal recreational cannabis in its first year of availability, while inventory levels continued to rise, new figures from Health Canada show. Health Canada said 88,676 kilograms of dried flower cannabis was sold in Canada in the first year of legalization, according to its monthly Cannabis Tracking System. Overall ...

Article by Vanmala Subramaniam, Financial Post Although edibles, vape pens and cannabis-infused beverages are now legal, and some of the biggest licensed producers have announced their Health Canada-approved product lines, cannabis retailers across the country say they are not expecting to have any 2.0 products in stores until late January at the earliest. “Trucks have to roll across the country, ...

Article by Ali Taghva, Post Millennial Have you ever wondered how much it costs to grow outdoor marijuana? Thanks to a new by Global News story we know its roughly 25 cents per gram for companies like 48North to produce the product. This is multiple times cheaper than indoor operations which have a growing cost of $2 per gram. This 25 cent ...