Article by Harrison Jordan, Leafly Illegal cannabis purveyors in Canada continue to thrive in Canada’s new legal market. Whether it’s through flashy promotions, claims of delivery within hours, or prices that undercut the legal market, illegal dispensaries are doing what they can to keep their client base. That same level of brazenness is being used to keep the doors open ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Canadians should expect a long list of cannabis-infused edibles, concentrates and other products to hit store shelves in the coming months, which will significantly expand the scope of the legal marijuana market, according to sources directly familiar with the matter. The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) seeks to add as many as 17 new product types to its ...

Article by Sudbury Star The opening of a Sudbury store helped High Tide Inc. more than double its revenues last weekend compared to the same period last year. Canna Cabana Sudbury pulled in $43,000 last weekend, after opening Saturday, High Tide reported. Canna Cabana Sudbury is this city’s first legal pot store. Overall, High Tide reported about $441,000 in system-wide ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Leaf News To the uninitiated, a career working in quality assurance for the cannabis industry might seem like a bit of a lark. “Because a lot of people think it means that we smoke a lot of weed and say how good it is — we get that joke a lot,” said Chris Stone, director of quality ...

Article by Lisa Polewski, Global News Hamilton’s second licensed cannabis store is open for business. The Hello Cannabis Store, located on Cootes Drive in Dundas, officially opened its doors to customers on Friday morning. Santino Coppolino, who was one of two Hamiltonians selected in the province’s cannabis retail lottery, said he’s excited to work with Hello Cannabis, which has run ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Leaf News The federal minister who administers Canada’s cannabis legalization law says Ottawa is well-aware of the proliferation of illegal online stores, but black market enforcement falls to individual police forces across the country. Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Bill Blair, who was made responsible for the Cannabis Act in November, made the comments ...

Article by Thorold News On Thursday, April 25, 2019, members of the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team (PJFCET) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Niagara Regional Police Service, executed multiple search warrants at illegal cannabis storefronts in Welland, Ont. As a result of the multiple warrants being executed, police seized Cash, Bill counters, Cannabis, Hash, CBD/THC oils, ...

Article by Ben Kaplan, The Growth Op This month Ontario opened its first brick and mortar cannabis shops, finally catching up with the rest of the country. However, the appearance of fashionable, though still scarce, stores has drawn attention to another trend in marijuana retail: weed deserts — municipalities that have outlawed legal cannabis shops. Mississauga is one of these ...

Article by CTV News Cannabis retailers in Ontario who have failed to open their stores by a government-set deadline are facing a new round of financial penalties. In all, eleven pot retailers have been fined $12,500 each for not opening their stores by April 15. Twenty-five retailers were selected through a government lottery to open the first brick-and-mortar cannabis stores ...

Article by David S. Reiter and Brian Chung, Lexology Lessons Learned From a Prosecution Under the CCA With the legalization of recreational cannabis, there has been a flurry of activity relating to the enforcement of non-licensed or illegal cannabis storefronts or “dispensaries.” The enforcement is being effected under the authority of the Cannabis Control Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 26, Sched. 1 (CCA), with ...