Article by Jack Denton, Globe and Mail Nearly nine months after applications were submitted, Canada’s first legal small-scale recreational cannabis growers are finally open for business – but so far, there are just three of them. . Health Canada’s regulatory framework for cannabis producers includes provisions for microcultivators, which grow cannabis, and microprocessors, which develop and package the product for ...

Article by, Sarah Bissonette, Parry Sound North Star West Parry Sound has its first cannabis dispenser. Shawanaga First Nation learned July 8 that the Ontario Gaming Commission of Ontario awarded it a licence to operate a cannabis retail store. It is one of eight First Nations in the province to receive a licence. “I think it’s really important to the ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, Woodstock Sentinel-Review Cities and towns in Southwestern Ontario will soon find out whether they’ll be home to the any of the second wave of cannabis retail stores opening in the fall. Applicants vying for a shot at one of 42 marijuana retail licences had until Friday to submit an application to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission ...

Article by Dan Taekema, CBC News When Hamilton police pulled over a white Jeep Wednesday they expected to find a suspected suspended driver. Instead they uncovered what they believe is a cannabis “delivery man” and his illegal dispensary on wheels. An officer spotted a plastic bin containing pot on the passenger seat. And police say they found several paper bags with various amounts ...

Article by Andrew J. Wilder and Matt Maurer, Torkin Manes LLP via Mondaq On July 3, 2019, the Ontario Government announced that it was moving to the next phase of its plan to license cannabis retail stores within the province by adding 50 new stores this fall, with 42 of these stores being allocated among various regions within the province and the remaining 8 ...

Article by Annette Francis, APTN News While recreational cannabis is flying off the shelves in some First Nation communities, the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory is taking a different route. “Given our unique geographical location here, we are in two provinces, Ontario and Quebec, the Mohawk Council has jurisdiction over that, we have a number of areas that we already exercise our ...

Article by Erik Tanner, Now Toronto Just as the cat came back the next day, so too have the four unlicensed CAFE (Cannabis and Fine Edibles) cannabis shops shut down by the city in recent weeks. The city has tried unsuccessfully multiple times, together with 70 provincial bylaw charges, to close the shops down permanently, issuing closure orders, installing giant concrete slabs ...

Article by Randi Druzin, Leafly If you had visited Oregon three years ago, you would have had to pay $10 USD or more for a gram of cannabis. Six months ago, it would have cost you less than half that. An oversupply of cannabis in the state led to the dramatic price drop, which spurred its lawmakers into action. They recently ...

Article by Troy Shantz, The Sarnia Journal Sarnia’s chief of police made good on a pledge last week when officers raided two smoke shops on the Aamjiwnaang First Nation and arrested five men for running illegal marijuana stores. City officers working with the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team executed a warrant at the “Reefinery Dispensary” on July 30. They ...

Article by Amanda Persico, Georgina Advocate via YorkRegion.com With the second wave of cannabis retail store licences up for grabs, Georgina may be getting a retail pot shop after all. Despite the town closing its doors to a brick-and-mortar cannabis retailer, there still could be a pot shop in Georgina. Recently, the provincial government announced its second wave of private ...