Article by Jonathan Cooper, SeekingAlpha Canadian recreational cannabis sales have been flat since November. Each month, Stats Canada releases retail sales data across Canada for a wide variety of sectors including retail cannabis sales. Nationally, Canadians purchased $49.9 million of cannabis in February, down 9% from $54.9 million in January. On an annualized basis, sales increased 1% from $646 million ...

Article by Allan Benner, St. Catharines Standard Progress isn’t happening as quickly as Chris Bogar would like. But when you’re building a cannabis shop in Niagara Falls that will serve as the emerging national company’s flagship location, the president of Vancouver-based Choom Cannabis said it’s too important to rush. “Oh man, construction — I’ve never been involved in a more ...

Article by CityNews More cannabis retailers in Ontario who failed to open their stores by a government-set deadline are facing further financial penalties. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario says it has penalized nine more outlets for not serving customers by April 30. The government chose 25 retailers through a lottery to open the province’s first brick-and-mortar cannabis stores ...

Article by Jeff Lagerquist, Yahoo Finance Canada The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) was in “blatant violation” of rules set out by the federal government restricting how the drug can be promoted, according to a leading expert on cannabis policy. Deepak Anand, CEO and co-founder of the cannabis supply and distribution company Materia Ventures, and a renowned industry consultant, took to ...

Article by Reka Szekely, Oshawa This Week via Toronto Star A month after pot shops began opening in Ontario, the doors for Fabulous Leaf in Oshawa remain closed. Tripsetter Inc. won one of 25 Ontario cannabis store licences via lottery and opted to open a store at 575 Laval Dr. in Oshawa near the Stevenson Rd. highway interchange. Although the ...

Article by CTV News New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he’ll look at all options, including privatization, after the province’s Crown-owned cannabis retailer recorded a big financial loss in its first year of operation. Unaudited year-end results released Tuesday show Cannabis NB lost $11.7 million. “Certainly a loss of $12 million in six months, we’re not going to continue with ...

Article by Paola Loriggio, Hamilton Spectaror  A Toronto man who uses a wheelchair has filed a human rights complaint challenging Ontario’s cannabis sales regulations, arguing the province’s system discriminates against those with disabilities and limited financial means. Ken Harrower, who uses cannabis to relieve symptoms from a condition affecting his joints and other medical issues, says the city has too ...

Article by Quintin Bignell and Cynthia Mulligan, CityNews The Ford government will table legislation Thursday, making it easier for city officials to shut down the remaining illegal pot shops in Toronto, CityNews has learned. … However, their work was hindered by a legal loophole that prohibits the city from shutting down retail spaces that are also used as a residence. It ...

Article by Darren MacDonald, Sudbury.com Business is, to put it mildly, brisk at the Canna Cabana, Greater Sudbury’s retail cannabis store in the South End. Since opening April 20, lineups outside the store at the Four Corners have become the norm, with legal weed buyers facing long waits to make their purchase. It’s something Anton Lucic knows well. The owner ...

Article by Piper Courtenay, Georgia Straight Ontario licensed producer (LP) Tweed Marijuana Inc. has launched a recycling program aimed at collecting and reprocessing federally mandated plastic weed containers. The program comes from a partnership with TerraCycle—an eco-friendly company running privately funded campaigns around the world. TerraCycle works with companies to “upcycle” and repurpose common waste products, turning discarded drink containers into reusable tote bags, circuit boards into coasters, and fax machines into flower ...