Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op A Canada Border Services Agency-led operation that involved police and customs officials on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border has netted well over a half-ton of cannabis and almost a half-million in cash. Specifically, the authorities seized 556 kilograms of weed, $467,480 in Canadian currency, US$3,000, three loaded handguns with their magazines, and five ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Former National Basketball Association star and cannabis investor Chris Webber will be teaching a new online course for Morehouse University called “Activism in Sports and Culture.” The course, which will be hosted on the online learning platform Coursera, will explore the role athletes, coaches, and media personalities have played in shaping public opinion on ...

Article by Scott Weston, CTV Vancouver Island The days may be numbered for a cannabis compassion club that has been providing marijuana-based products to its members in Victoria for more than 20 years. The unlicensed cannabis retailer has been raided a number of times and is now facing a new threat in a push to shut it down. The owner ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Hemp Industry Daily From mom-and-pop shops to corporate chains, everyone in the retail business knows that a carefully chosen location is key to success. The cannabis industry is no exception. Although regulatory requirements, license availability and market demand will vary from place to place, marijuana and hemp retailers on the hunt for a killer location might ...

Article by Seaway News Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) SD&G Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) have seized over 5,000 cannabis plants in South Glengarry Township. CSCU officers, along with members of the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), OPP Canine Unit, SD&G OPP Crime unit, Canada Border Services, Ministry of Labour, Provincial Asset ...

Article by John Cudmore, Markham Economist & Sun Four residents of York Region are among seven people facing drug-related charges after OPP officers led a seizure of more than 5,000 cannabis plants Feb. 17 in South Glengarry Township in eastern Ontario. Police executed a warrant at warehouse-type location on Hay Road near Summerstown and also seized a large amount of ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Canadian sales of legal recreational cannabis totaled 2.6 billion Canadian dollars ($2.08 billion) in 2020, as December sales increased from a relatively sluggish November. Licensed marijuana retailers across the country sold CA$298.4 million worth of cannabis in December, up 14.3% from November, according to new retail trade data released Friday by national data agency Statistics Canada. ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Toronto-based Avicanna Inc. has entered into an intellectual property licensing and royalty agreement with Harrington Wellness Inc., a company founded by former National Basketball Association athlete Al Harrington. Avicanna, a biopharmaceutical company focused on cannabinoid-based products, will work with Harrington Wellness to bring a line of CBD topical products targeting athletes and active consumers ...

Article by Shelby Knox, Newstalk 610 Port Colborne’s mayor wants more control on medical cannabis growers. Mayor Bill Steele says city officials don’t actually know how many medical growers there are within the city, but they suspect at least 5. Steele says the issue is not with commercial cannabis growers, but with growers collecting multiple licences from Health Canada. “They’re ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, the organization responsible for regulating cannabis retail in Ontario, will begin issuing 30 cannabis Retail Store Authorizations per week. The AGCO announced the changes in a blog post earlier this week. The agency has already increased the pace of RSAs in recent months. In December, the AGCO said it ...