Article by High Tide, New Cannabis Ventures High Tide Inc. (“High Tide” or the “Company”) (CSE:HITI) (OTCQB:HTDEF) (FRA:2LY), an Alberta-based, retail-focused cannabis corporation enhanced by the manufacturing and wholesale distribution of smoking accessories and cannabis lifestyle products, announced that on Friday, April 12, 2019 the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (“AGCO”) approved and issued Retail Operator Licences (the “Licences”) to High Tide’s counterparties Steven Fry and Saturninus ...

Article by Global News Cindi Phelps never imagined herself running a pot shop. She smoked weed as a teenager, but as an adult she says she became “cranky” about cannabis, endlessly lecturing her kids and judging everyone who touched the stuff. It was only when she neared 50 that she realized marijuana could soothe her pain from a chronic health ...

Article by Leaf News Canadian lawmakers spent time this week debating two competing bills: Bill C-93, the Liberal bill designed to  for Canadians convicted of cannabis possession in the past, and Bill C-415, an NDP private member’s bill that would eliminate those criminal records entirely. The debate on the Liberal bill started Monday with a speech by Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon. (She’s parliamentary ...

Article by Amanda Connolly, Global News Organized Crime and Border Security Minister Bill Blair says he thinks cannabis users sticking with the grey market can still be converted to buying legally. That comes on the heels of a survey from Statistics Canada last week that shows a slight majority (54 per cent) of Canadians who use cannabis are still getting their ...

Article by CTV Northern Ontario One of sudbury’s retail cannabis stores is one step closer to opening its doors. Shortly before 7 pm Friday, April 12, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario confirmed it has approved and issued a retail operator licence to Saturnius Partners and store authorization for its store, Canna Cabana Sudbury, to open in the city’s ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Canadian cannabis retailers are giving the cold shoulder to Ontario’s revised plans to pre-qualify applications for future pot shop licences, citing concerns that they still don’t know when the province will allow for more store openings. In its inaugural budget Thursday, Doug Ford’s government unveiled plans to introduce a variety of measures to vet applicants for ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Leaf News Legal experts are questioning whether a customer loyalty program offered by a Manitoba cannabis retailer violates federal law, which places strict limits on inducements to buy marijuana. Garden Variety operates two cannabis stores in Winnipeg. The company lets registered customers earn points on cannabis purchases, which can be redeemed for discounts on cannabis, cannabis ...

Article by Allison Palmer, Toronto Observer The first official cannabis store in Toronto opened its doors Monday and the wait was lengthy to get inside. Located at 202 Queen St. W., The Hunny Pot opened at 10 a.m. April 1. Throughout the day, a lineup of customers wrapped around the corner of McCaul Street, making the wait anywhere from an hour to ...

Article by Glenda Luymes, Vancouver Sun Six months after cannabis became legal in Canada, dozens of dispensaries continue to operate without a provincial license in B.C. as both local governments and the province struggle to shut them down. The robust illicit market, including “grey-market dispensaries,” were cited as the reason B.C. lags behind other Canadian provinces in legal cannabis retail ...

Article by Daniel Tencer, Huffington Post Ontario’s provincially-run cannabis distributor is set to lose $25 million in the current fiscal year, according to projections in the 2019 budget released by Queen’s Park on Thursday. The losses are the result of its initial investment in developing a wholesale distribution network, combined with the fact that OCS has sold relatively little product ...