Article by Montreal Gazette via Growth Op The Société québécoise du cannabis is now selling hashish, both online and in stores. The provincially owned cannabis store began selling the product on Monday, to mark the April 20 date, celebrated as 4/20 among cannabis enthusiasts. Better known as hash, it is a drug made from the resin of the cannabis plant ...

Article by Tom Morrison, Chatham This Week Chatham-Kent was left out of the initial roll out of cannabis retail shops, but now four applicants awaiting approval once restrictions due to COVID-19 are lifted. While existing cannabis stores can offer curbside pickup or delivery, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission is not allowing new stores to open at the moment. Don Tetrault ...

Article by Owen Sound Sun Times Two applications to operate retail cannabis stores in Owen Sound are currently before the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario. While the Capturing Eden location at 973 2nd Ave. W. is currently in the AGCO’s 15-day public notice phase, a store called Cannabis Grey Bruce at 236 8th St. E. has moved through the public notice ...

Article by Michelle Ruby, Brantford Expositor The city has filed objections to two of four applications that have been made for proposed cannabis retail stores in Brantford. There are currently no legal pot stores operating in the city. According to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, two applications are “undergoing public notice,” which means the public can make objections ...

Article by Braden Maccke, Cannabis Life Network Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB)(NYSE:ACB) will be conducting a reverse stock split, effective May 11th, 2020, and CLN is here to let you know what that means, and what to expect. The price will go up, and there will be fewer shares When Aurora’s shareholders check their accounts on the morning of May 11th, they’ll have a ...

Article by Joel Balsam, Thrillist ON OCTOBER 17, 2018, CANADIANS from coast to coast fired up comically large joints to celebrate becoming only the second nation to legalize recreational cannabis. Many assumed Canada would quickly become one great-big version of Denver. But things didn’t quite pan out that way. Edibles and oils were still illegal. Smoking lounges, too. A small number of ...

Article by Peterborough Examiner An application has been made for a third legal marijuana store for Peterborough, this time one that wouldn’t be in the downtown. The Joint Venture Shoppe has applied to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to open a store in the former Moksha Hot Yoga location at 550 Lansdowne St. W. Unit 15 in the ...

Article by Kate Robertson, Growth Op Is Ontario’s struggling weed store gaining a new, loyal customer base among stoners in lockdown? The provincial cannabis store lost $42 million in its first fiscal year, but online sales skyrocketed in the weeks after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As Canadian public health authorities implemented increasingly strict physical distancing measures in an ...

Article by Ottawa Matters Ontario’s cannabis distributor has seen online orders triple since COVID-19 started sweeping the country and prevention measures were implemented, with almost one in three orders coming from new customers. The Ontario Cannabis Store says it received between 2,500 and 3,500 orders prior to March 9, but in the weeks after mass adoption of physical distancing, those orders doubled to 5,000, ...

Article by Kate Robertson, Growth Op The Ontario Cannabis Store’s website has seen massive improvements since launching in October of 2018. The blog at OCS.ca is filled with useful how-tos and shoppers can now sift through dried flower strains by potency. And sometimes, if you’re really lucky, you might find something special like hash or edibles. But it can still be overwhelming to ...