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 ...

Article by Peter Smith, Daily Hive Toronto’s unlicensed dispensary chain, CAFE, has been making headlines and aggravating law enforcement for months. Yet, while the store’s four locations may be secured behind large concrete bricks — at least for now — the business is still finding ways to get its customers their product. Last week, police made multiple arrests of individuals selling outside the forcibly shuttered locations, ...

Article by Ricardo Veneza, CTV Windsor Two unnamed people have been arrested after police allege an illegal cannabis storefront was being operated in LaSalle. On Thursday, Ontario Provincial Police and the LaSalle Police Service report using a search warrant at a storefront in the 1500-block of Front Road in the town at 12 p.m. While police have not identified the ...

Article by Daina Goldfinger, Global News Two men have been charged after officers busted an illegal cannabis dispensary in Barrie on Wednesday, police say. Police executed a search warrant at the illegal store on Dunlop Street and seized cannabis and related products valued at $24,730, as well as $4,333 in cash and electronics related to the business, officers add. The ...

Article by Alana Armstrong, The Growth Op The GrowthOp talked to insiders in Canada’s cannabis and marketing industries to get their takes on what works, what doesn’t and how to lock down a winning retail store name. A lot is asked of a retail name: it needs to indicate the service or product, be recognizable, be distinctive and, hopefully, reflect business ...

Article by Rick Vanderlinde, Barrie Advance via Simcoe.com An illegal cannabis dispensary that popped up in a downtown Barrie plaza was shut down by police today. The Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team, which includes Barrie police, raided the storefront operation at 153 Dunlop St. E. July 31. The nondescript store in the Hooters plaza east of Mulcaster Street has ...

Article by  Graeme McNaughton, Guelph Mercury Tribune More than $1 million in contracts were signed for a provincially run cannabis retail store in Guelph that never opened its doors. And the province may still be paying for a building that still stands empty. According to documents obtained by the Mercury Tribune through a Freedom of Information request, the Ontario Cannabis Retail ...

Article by Toronto Star Let’s be clear: operating an illegal cannabis dispensary cannot be condoned. For establishments like Cannabis and Fine Edibles (CAFE), whose Toronto locations have been repeatedly raided and eventually rather comically shut down by the city through the use of stacked concrete blocks in front of store entrances, this is a reality that must be accepted. But ...

Article by Ashley Keenan, Growth Op It’s time for the Ontario government to take another look at its objectives for the cannabis retail market, Toronto-based cannabis lawyer Caryma Sa’d argues. In an interview on CTV’s Your Morning Monday, Sa’d suggested the current lottery framework excludes many small cultivators from entering the legal market, thereby causing them to seek other options, including illegal dispensaries. “The ...

Article by Enzo Dimatteo, Now Toronto Back in the early 90s when Vancouver was being called Vansterdam and self-described “Prince of Pot” Marc Emery was making headlines in the Wall Street Journal for selling pot seeds, my bosses at NOW Magazine sent me to the west coast to take in the vibe. Medical marijuana refugees from the U.S. were migrating to ...