Article by Stephen Hoff, CBC News Looking to buy some cannabis? One of Ottawa’s retail shops is charging a little more than the others. There are three licensed retailers in Ottawa: Superette on Wellington Street West, the Hobo Recreational Cannabis Store on Bank Street, and Fire & Flower on York Street. Superette and Hobo both include HST in their listed prices for customers, but ...

Article by Harrison Jordan, Leafly At least two legal Ontario cannabis retailers have cut their operating hours in response to the national cannabis shortage which has limited the availability of packaged cannabis products in stores across the country. CBC News reported on Monday that Hobo Cannabis Store in Ottawa will close entirely on Wednesdays and will cut their hours on Tuesdays. Then, on Wednesday, Canna Cabana, a ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News Cash is king over credit when it comes to buying cannabis for some Canadians. Latest data from bricks-and-mortar stores sales in New Brunswick show that cannabis buyers there are less than half as likely to use credit cards to buy cannabis, compared to alcohol. They are more likely to use cash or a debit ...

Article by Dianna Benjamin, WikiLeaf While the answer to the question “is weed legal in Canada” is yes, there are some nuances that you need to be aware of. Canada’s government is divided into three levels: federal, provincial or territorial, and municipal.  Canada is comprised of 10 provinces and 3 territories, so while the country’s federal government legalized personal use cannabis ...

Article by Eric Westhaver, Flin Flon Reminder A pair of companies have been named the first licensed to sell legal cannabis in Flin Flon as determined through a random draw by the provincial government last week. Two retailers were selected for a number of smaller communities across the province including Flin Flon, one as a first preference retailer and a ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, London Free Press More of Ontario’s cannabis retail stores will follow the lead of two outlets that are scaling back hours because they can’t keep enough product stocked, one industry watcher says. But London’s three bricks-and-mortar marijuana stores — all of them open seven days a week — say they have ample supply and don’t plan ...

Article by CTV News Gatineau’s first legal cannabis store officially opened Wednesday morning. There was a small group of people lining up even before the doors opened at 10 a.m. The store, located in a strip mall on Boulevard de la Gappe, sells everything from dried flowers to oral sprays. This comes as a store in Ottawa has been forced ...

Article by Liora Ipsum, Leafly Canna Cabana in Hamilton is the first of three locations planned to open in Ontario, joining an outpost in Sudbury and an incoming store slated to open on Yonge Street in Toronto. The chain, owned by High Tide Inc., originates in Alberta and could become a household name across Canada. According to the company’s website, the ...

Article by Mike O, Cannabis Life Network CLN caught up with prominent cannabis activist Dana Larsen for an update on Vancouver’s unlicensed dispensaries and their ongoing fight to stay open. Dana also told us why he thinks the City of Vancouver should rewrite it’s restrictive cannabis bylaws, why the dispensary exclusion zone in the Downtown Eastside is misguided and wrong, the ongoing battle of Vancouver’s ...

Aritcle by CBC News It’s the green light that Highlife has been waiting for. In a press release Tuesday, Highlife, New Sudbury’s cannabis store, announced it was planning to open its doors Friday morning. Last week, Ontario’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission said the store needed to pass one final inspection before opening. The store, which was touted as northern Ontario’s ...