Article by Rob Gowan, Owen Sound Sun Times While COVID-19 has snuffed out Wiarton’s annual celebration of weed and curling this winter, organizers are still planning to again celebrate the harvest with their Fall Fair Grower’s Competition. The annual Wiarton Bongspiel — Canada’s first event to combine curling and cannabis after the drug was legalized for recreational use in October ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op TV station WDIV Detroit recently wondered what the source of a mysterious glow near its across-the-river neighbour Windsor, Ont. The discovery was less of a puzzle as it was the lights from weed greenhouses upstaging stars and creating a colourful glow. With the reporter noting the glow looked like an eternal sunset, he said it clearly ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, London Free Press Police officers found that a semi-trailer stopped for an inspection on Highway 1 East in Saskatchewan had more than its manifested load when they discovered 101 kilograms of cannabis hidden inside the trailer. Saskatchewan Highway Patrol noticed the semi-trailer, travelling at about 9:30 pm on Nov. 25 between Pense and Grand Coulee, and ...

Article by Wolf Depner, Sooke News Mirror If had not been for cannabis sales, Canadian farmers would have seen their revenues wilt away in 2019. Revenues from various crop categories topped $36.7 billion in 2019, an increase of 4.1 per cent from the previous year, with the gain attributable to a $1.7 billion increase in licensed cannabis receipts during the ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Cannabis was front and centre this past weekend as Mike Tyson returned to the boxing ring for his first fight in 15 years. The pay-pre-view event was sponsored by Weedmaps, whose branding was visible everywhere from the ring to the locker room. Speaking with reporters following the fight, Tyson was asked if he smoked cannabis ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op A team of researchers headed by Professor Antony Chum of Brock University plan to put federal funding to good use by determining why there’s been an increase in substance use-related hospitalizations in certain jurisdictions, especially among youth, since recreational cannabis got the green light two years ago. With funding from the federal government’s Canadian ...

Article by Morganne Campbell, Global News They’re considered essential but you will not find anyone inside pot shops in Toronto and Peel Region, the provinces two lockdown zones. “All we’re asking for is an opportunity to do right by our customers in the community, have a consistent playing field and, you know, honestly, if the government was running cannabis stores, I wonder if ...

Article by New Cannabis Ventures Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. (TSX: FAF) (OTCQX: FFLWF) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Fire & Flower Inc. (collectively, “FFHC”, “Fire & Flower” or the “Company”), a leading Canadian recreational cannabis retailer, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Quad Nine Investments ...

Article by Koen Bertens, The Varsity As COVID-19 continues to rage across Canada and the world, experts have started to examine the consequences of this pandemic beyond the acute effects of hospitalizations and economic turmoil. Among these issues is the rise in illicit drug toxicity deaths, including overdoses related to opioids and other street drugs. According to pre-pandemic federal data, ...

Article by BNN Bloomberg Canada’s burgeoning cannabis retail sector may be getting a little too close for comfort, but that’s apparently a good thing. There are 30 cannabis stores open or that have applied to open along a five-kilometre stretch of Queen Street West in Toronto, while other pockets across the city such as Kensington Market and Yonge Street also ...