Article by Jason Viau, CBC News Opening a hemp-based business for two moms in Tecumseh, Ont. has involved more than a year of red tape and roadblocks, largely because of the connection to cannabis. Finding a bank, insurance and a landlord wasn’t easy, according to Melissa Boow and Tiffany Rizok, and nearly forced them to give up trying. The owners constantly had ...

Article by Mike Smyth, The Province Marijuana may be legal across Canada now, but B.C.’s newly formed pot police are still busy raiding illegal cannabis stores. Officially known as the Community Safety Unit, the provincial pot squad is responsible for shutting down unlicensed marijuana merchants. The year-old special police force is now ramping up its enforcement activities, swooping down on ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen A proposed cannabis store on Wellington Street West has switched names and now plans to open under the Tokyo Smoke brand. Tokyo Smoke, owned by Canopy Growth in Smiths Falls, is a fast-growing retail chain across Canada. The change in plans for the store at 1000 Wellington St. W. in Hintonburg is typical of ...

Article by Harrison Jordan, Leafly News The province of Ontario is officially going crazy for Original Stash. That’s the new 28-gram dried flower product from Hexo that was released on the OCS’s website last week in time for Black Friday. Suffice it to say, the old school 28-gram—or one ounce—package size has been a hit. The process of selling inexpensive cannabis in bulk ...

Article by James Hopkin, SooToday Garden River First Nation (GRFN) says its moratorium on the production and sale of cannabis remains in place until the First Nation determines its position on the issue. On Wednesday, the First Nation issued a notice reminding its citizens of the moratorium –  a week after two men were charged by Anishinabek Police Service in ...

Article by CBC News The provincial government is announcing changes for businesses that sell marijuana in this province, and banning a product not yet on the market. Starting Jan. 1, certain licensed cannabis retailers will see a bigger commission on the products they sell. The proposed changes apply only to Tier 1 licensed cannabis retailers awarded through the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation’s request ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) engaged in some serious backpedaling regarding a planned Black Friday promotion after talks with Health Canada. Last week, in a now-deleted tweet, the OCS bid Ontarians to “shop our collection of 7 grams starting at CA$7.50/g.” The tweet was soon removed and promptly replaced with an online flyer that simply indicated ...

Article by Anthony Urciuoli, inHalton Time is money, and Burlington could be missing out on a steady revenue stream as it works to amend its outdated bylaws to allow for the production of cannabis within city limits. According to Mayor Marianne Meed Ward, the city has already been approached by multiple cannabis production companies. “We have to get on with this because ...

Article by John Edwards, Collingwood Connection via Toronto.com Collingwood’s, and Simcoe County’s, first legal cannabis store is set to open its doors on Dec. 21. The store, owned by Richmond Hill lawyer Louis Laskovski and located at 312 Hurontario St., will be called Sessions Cannabis. Steven Fry, president of Sessions, owns a location in Hamilton and is licensing the brand to ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg There are a few things that still keep Terry Booth up at night. Aside from the Aurora Cannabis Inc. chief executive officer’s seven-month-old daughter, which he dutifully dotes on, Booth can’t help but shake his company’s stock performance as of late. “As the CEO, you really want to know how the market is differentiating ...