Article by Geoff Zochodne, Financial Post Ontario announced Monday that it is abandoning the previous Liberal plan for a government-owned monopoly on legalized marijuana sales, earning praise from pot producers that could gain a new route to cannabis consumers in Canada’s largest province. The newly elected Conservative government’s proposal for recreational cannabis — with some critical details still to come, and ...

Article by Adam Toy, Global News Calgarians are getting a better idea of where they’ll be able to purchase recreational marijuana, whether at a dedicated dispensary or perhaps under the roof of a supermarket. And based on the addresses released by the City of Calgary, it looks like you might just be able to pick up cannabis while out grocery shopping ...

Article by Huffington Post Most Canadians say they probably won’t try cannabis and if they already use it won’t use more when the mood-altering drug is legalized, according to a survey published Thursday. Canada is set to become the first G7 nation to legalize the recreational use of cannabis on October 17. In anticipation, the government statistical agency has been collecting ...

Article by Dan Thomson, Regina Leader-Post While the industry is abuzz with the legalization of cannabis set for October 17, much attention is being paid to what government retail outlets will look like, and the products they will sell, along with the differences in legislation between provinces. However, what has been lost in the excitement is the value of Canada’s ...

Article by Nick Hofmeister, The Province There’s a pioneer-like enthusiasm around the fast-approaching recreational legalization of marijuana in Canada, and with good reason. The now-legal cannabis business has quickly become a billion-dollar industry in places like Colorado, which recorded US$1.09 billion in adult-use sales in 2017, and California, which showed revenues of $339 million during its first two months of ...

Article by Daily Hive Ontario Premier Doug Ford was busy announcing his buck-a-beer plan yesterday but has remained silent on the future of the province’s cannabis retail model. Rumours began circulating within the cannabis community at the end of July that Ontario might be shifting away from government-run Ontario Cannabis Stores to include private retail. The rumours have been neither confirmed nor denied, leading ...

Article by Colin D’Mello, CTV News A major shake-up in the way cannabis is sold in Ontario may be announced next week. At a news conference in Picton, Premier Doug Ford hinted that a plan to privatize pot sales is on its way. “We aren’t ready to talk about that right now,” Ford told reporters. “Marijuana might be in a ...

Article by Erika LaBlonde, High! Canada Those of us who are working within the cannabis industry can feel so fortunate to be here that we can sometimes forget to pay attention to health and safety procedures in the cannabis industry compared to the general workplace. I find excitement or inexperience when working with new cannabis extraction technologies or equipment can ...

Article by Benjamin Kates, iPolitics Ontario’s new Premier is wasting no time in burnishing his free-market roots. Word wafted out late last week that the Ford administration is considering a major shift in how it plans to regulate the sale of cannabis. Last fall, the Wynne government announced that Ontario would follow the LCBO model of a provincially-owed retail monopoly. ...

Article by Rebecca Lau, Global News Two people are facing drug charges after Halifax Regional Police raided a medical marijuana business in Dartmouth on Tuesday. Police say they obtained a warrant and conducted a drug search at about 1:30 p.m. at the Higher Living Wellness Centre on Wyse Road. Officers seized cannabis resin, cannabis edibles and cannabis-derived products. A male ...