Article by Lisa Polewski, Global News Police continue to crack down on illegal cannabis operations in Hamilton. Ontario Provincial Police and Hamilton police executed a search warrant at an unlicensed property in the city on Wednesday, where they seized cash, cannabis, assorted edibles and cannabis oils. Police arrested a 60-year-old Hamilton woman, who is charged with possessing cannabis for the purpose ...

Article by Mark McNeil, The Hamilton Spectator It was a scene that would have been unimaginable a few years ago. On the 20th day of April — the celebratory day for pot users known as “4/20” — Hamilton’s Mayor Fred Eisenberger cut a ribbon to open the city’s first legal cannabis store at the Centre on Barton. Yes, pot is ...

Article by Peter Nolan-Smith, Daily Hive In case the smoke rising over Woodbine park didn’t make it abundantly clear, the cannabis pseudo-holiday 4/20 is upon us. And while many might be purchasing their supplies for the day from the vendors on site at the park, those looking for a little more official option can shop Toronto’s newest cannabis store. Alberta’s Nova Cannabis is ...

Article by Keira Ferguson, Elliot Lake Today On Saturday morning, Greater Sudbury opened the doors to its first legal cannabis dispensary, Canna Cabana, one of two stores to be introduced in northern Ontario under the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario. If you hadn’t heard the news, you may have smelled the barbecue, hosted until this evening along with music ...

Article by Pete Toms, Ottawa Citizen After waiting almost 40 years, I finally did it: I purchased legal weed. To date, for different reasons, I’ve yet to make a legal (or illegal) online purchase. But on April 1, legal, bricks-and-mortar weed retail came to Ontario and on April 6 I ventured out to one of Ottawa’s first three shops. Most ...

Article by Philip Lee-Shanok, CBC News Ontario needs to drastically change its retail cannabis strategy or risk not only losing its competitive advantage, but also failing to lure consumers away from the black market, says the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. On this first 4/20 since Canada became the first G7 country to legalize recreational cannabis, Toronto has just three physical ...

Article by Doug Schmidt, Windsor Star Seeing great economic potential with the legalization of cannabis in Canada, Peter Dyck and James Kotyuk launched a new business in Kingsville, True North Compassion. The young entrepreneurs dream of an eventual bricks-and-mortar storefront, but they’re limited for now to word-of-mouth and online sales of “cannabis products,” including T-shirts, hats and other apparel, as ...

Article by Kevin Connor, Toronto Sun Ontario needs to capitalize on its competitive advantages in the budding recreational cannabis industry, a new report says. The Supporting Ontario’s Budding Cannabis Industry study by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce says the province needs to address supply shortages, regulations surrounding edible cannabis and workforce development. “With Ontario home to more than half the licensed producers ...

Video by CityNews CityNews reporter Tammy Sutherland was inside Nova Cannabis at 499 Queen St. W. ahead of the grand opening on Saturday. See source here.

Article by Joseph Hall, The Toronto Star Federal claims of high cannabis supplies are “blowing smoke” over the actual product shortages that will continue to plague online and retail markets in Canada for some time, a new analysis says. While recent Health Canada estimates pegging inventories of smokable cannabis at 19 times demand may be technically true, they don’t reflect the production ...