Article by Joseph Hall, Toronto Star The top floor of Hunny Gawri’s latest enterprise glimmered like a jewelry shop Saturday with dozens of round glass receptacles laid out with symmetrical precision, ready for their emerald-coloured wares. On the three floors below, a hive of workers hammered and pasted and screwed the last elegant pieces together in a final push to ...

Article by Nick Boisvert, CBC News Inside Nova Cannabis in Toronto’s bustling Queen Street West neighbourhood, the shop’s budtenders are crowded around a low table, taking whiffs of tiny vials and exchanging their observations. “Slightly spicy,” says one, before jotting down some notes and picking up another sample. The first 25 licensed cannabis stores in Ontario will open for business on ...

Article by Jane Stevenson, Toronto Sun There’s a money pot waiting at the Hunny Pot — emphasis on pot. So naturally owner and Mississauga realtor Hunny Gawri is excited his Hunny Pot Cannabis Co., located at 202 Queen St. W. in Toronto, passed its final inspection and will open its doors on Monday to sell recreational cannabis. April 1 is ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, London Free Press Local police have raided an illegal marijuana shop in London, just days before regulated cannabis retail outlets are set to open across Ontario. The OPP and London police raided the Wellington Wellness Collective at 219 Wellington St. on Thursday, seizing $2,200 worth of cannabis products and $100 in cash, the OPP said. The ...

Article by Laura Hampshire, Global News Joint police forces shut down yet another illegal cannabis dispensary in Hamilton on Wednesday. Ontario Provincial Police along with Hamilton police and the province’s cannabis enforcement team executed a search warrant at a pot shop located on James Street North. Officers seized cannabis, shatter and edibles, as well as cash and a motor vehicle. ...

Article by Amanda Pfeffer, CBC News With retail cannabis stores opening in Ontario on April 1, have you suddenly become pot curious? The industry is counting on it. Ontario’s cannabis business is expected to see a big bump in sales thanks to people who, up to now, have avoided buying legal weed online. Ontario sales reached $9 million in December, lagging behind Alberta and ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Leaf News Bonify, the Winnipeg cannabis producer caught selling illegal marijuana in the legal market, isn’t being investigated by the RCMP, but the company’s problems are far from over. An executive terminated in the wake of the scandal is suing Bonify and its acting CEO, and Bonify’s federal licence to sell cannabis remains suspended. In a ...

Article by Adam Carter, CBC News April 1 is the first day legal storefront pot shops can open in Ontario — but it’s going to be tough for stores in the Hamilton area to meet that deadline and be ready for business, one store owner says. “It’s been a tall task for anybody to make that work,” said Steven Fry, who is ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen Nearly six months after Canada legalized pot, people in Ottawa will be able to walk into three stores on Monday and buy some. The shops in the ByWard Market, Centretown and Wellington West Village are among only a handful that will open across the province. The province had wanted 25 cannabis stores to open ...

Article by Vanmala Subramaniam, Financial Post The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) says its “too early to say” how many of the 25 designated brick-and-mortar cannabis retail stores will be in operation by the provincially mandated deadline of April 1. But at least one winner of the province’s cannabis retail lottery says that his downtown Toronto shop will ...