Article by Matthew Bingley, Global News Though its name suggests otherwise, marijuana isn’t on the menu at Cannabis and Coffee — and, for that reason, its owners are suing the provincial government. Last summer, Chris James opened the café in anticipation of expanding into a legal dispensary once legalization went into effect. After investing in signage, marketing and knowledgeable staff, James ...

Article by Sean Williams, The Motley Fool Following an abysmal fourth quarter, pot stocks are once again on fire to begin 2019. In January, 15 of about four dozen marijuana stocks shot higher by at least 50%, and the most widely followed cannabis exchange-traded fund, the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF, was up again (albeit by a lesser amount than January) in ...

Article by Manisha Krishnan and Randy Robinson, Vice News Canada has proceeded with an abundance of caution when it comes to legalizing cannabis—and that approach is clear in its packaging regulations. The government’s primary goal, it seems, is to avoid making weed accessible/appealing to young people. As such, the packaging requirements for cannabis are even stricter than the rules for alcohol, despite ...

Article by CBC News York police have charged a Vaughan man with drug-related offences and shut down a warehouse in Toronto that was allegedly being used to supply an illicit dispensary in the city with various cannabis products, including edibles. According to Const. Andy Pattenden, the accused — a 42-year-old man from Vaughan — was under surveillance by York police, who suspected him of dealing ...

Article by Stephanie Taylor, City News A First Nation operating a cannabis dispensary without a provincial permit has laid the groundwork for taking the federal and Saskatchewan governments to court. The Muscowpetung First Nation filed a statement of claim in Regina Court of Queen’s Bench on Nov. 16, the same week the band opened a pot shop on its reserve northeast of the city. ...

Article by Mike Vlasveld, Ottawa Matters The Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team of the Ontario Provincial Police, along with the Ottawa Police Service, has shut down an illegal cannabis storefront on Athlone Avenue in Westboro. Officers executed a search warrant at a business on Tuesday, February 26. As a result, police enforced an interim closure of the premises as ...

Article by David Clement, Leafly News Saying that Canada’s cannabis rollout has been a rocky road would be a huge understatement. Since Oct. 2018, consumers have been faced with limited access, supply shortages, and steep prices. And, while all levels of government seem to be attempting to address and accommodate access and supply problems, one issue that has not been properly addressed, ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen The building on Bank Street in Centretown that was once home to one of the city’s most popular illegal dispensaries may re-open this spring as a legal cannabis shop. An Ontario pot-shop lottery winner has proposed opening a store called HOBO Recreational Cannabis Store at 391 Bank St. near Gladstone Avenue, the site of ...

Article by The Hamilton Spectator Two Hamilton women are facing charges after police targeted two more local cannabis dispensaries. Officers from the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team, which includes three Hamilton officers, executed two search warrants at illegal storefronts in the 100 section of King Street East and in the 400 section of Highway 8 in Stoney Creek on Feb. ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Leaf News Provinces with a higher proportion of licensed bricks-and-mortar cannabis stores are selling considerably more cannabis per capita than provinces with less storefront access to legal marijuana, says a Brock University professor who crunched Statistics Canada’s latest retail trade data for cannabis. The December data show that $55.2 million worth of legal cannabis was sold in Canada, a ...