Article by Peter Smith, Daily Hive Vending machines are interesting inventions. The technology has ensured that overpriced chocolate bars have been distributed to the hungry masses for decades. Soon, the same row of brightly lit machines could include a new green addition. As Signifi Solutions, a company that focuses on automated retail, and Dispension Industries have teamed up to produce a cannabis vending ...

Article by Dave Flaherty, The Oshawa Express The city’s guidelines on retail cannabis stores will include a provision limiting one business to each of Oshawa’s five wards. City council passed the staff-recommended location guidelines for stores at its latest meeting. . However, Ward 5 city and regional councillor Brian Nicholson brought forth an amendment asking for a limit of one ...

Article by Zach Dubinsky, CBC News Wesley Weber, one of the main players behind a high-profile chain of illegal Ontario pot shops, deserves another 15 to 16 months in jail for an unrelated conviction, Ontario’s securities regulator urged a judge on Monday. Weber, who CBC News recently revealed as one of the people behind the CAFE chain of unlicensed dispensaries in Toronto, was in ...

Article by Mike Adams, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op There is evidence that marijuana can help squash those pesky hangovers and get the sipping socialite back on the barstool in no time. But it’s crucial to select the appropriate strain. The hangover that comes after a night of heavy drinking is a cruel reminder that we are delicate beasts that, no ...

Article by Bobby Hristova, Growth Op A Canadian cannabis connoisseur is launching a luxury cannabis brand to handpick exotic strains and bring rare products to store shelves. Maxim Zavet, the CEO of Robes and co-founder of Emblem, is putting the high in high-end after he left his life as a lawyer. “Since university, I’ve been around cannabis and appreciated its potential medically and ...

Article by Mark Rendell, Globe and Mail The Ontario government has told its cannabis agency to re-examine its business model and look at allowing growers to ship products directly to bricks-and-mortar retailers, potentially as part of a hybrid public-private distribution system. . The provincial government issued a directive to the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp. (OCRC) in recent weeks asking it ...

Article by Bobby Hristova, The Province Sources tell BNN Bloomberg the plans come as the provincial warehouse runs out of space for the incoming wave of pot products The Ontario government is mulling another way to distribute cannabis throughout the province and may begin a consultation process soon, according to sources familiar with the situation. BNN Bloomberg reports a major factor ...

Article by BNN Bloomberg Appeal sought by disqualified pot shop applicants after Ontario court dismissed reinstatement request Lawyers representing the 11 disqualified cannabis store applicants in Ontario who had their case dismissed last Friday are appealing the court’s decision. The lawyers submitted documents to the Ontario’s Court of Appeal and also plan to ask for an interim stay of the court’s ...

Article by Nichola Saminather, Globe and Mail A U.S. recommendation that consumers avoid vaping products containing the active ingredient in marijuana could be a blow to Canadian cannabis companies’ hopes that the higher-margin products will help propel them to profitability. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that an investigation into 805 confirmed or probable ...

Article by Bill Kaufmann, Edmonton Sun Federal red tape and foot-dragging on approving makers of edible cannabis will see months-long delays in the products reaching stores, a Calgary chocolatier said Thursday. A spokeswoman with Alberta’s cannabis regulator also voiced frustrations about the process. City businessman Brad Churchill said he’s been waiting for a licence allowing him to infuse chocolate with ...