Article by David Brown, Lift News Shoppers Drug Mart has announced it has entered into an agreement with Aphria for supply of medical cannabis in anticipation of approval of the drug store chain’s application to sell medical cannabis through Health Canada’s ACMPR. Shoppers applied for a licence through the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes regulations in the past in ...

Article by Phil Wong, High! Canada What was your first introduction to CBD’s? The cannabis plant has always been an interest of ours ever since experimenting with it in high school. Both my co-founder Phil and I had a good understanding of the plant in knowing the differences between sativas and indicas, but it wasn’t until heading out West for ...

Article by Colin Perkel, Global News From texting a local dealer to dropping into a neighbourhood dispensary or ordering online, Canada’s black market for recreational marijuana has seen significant changes in recent years and, no doubt, will see more as the country hurtles toward a new world of legalization next summer. What does seem clear, however, is that the illegal market is ...

Article by Darryn Davis, Shauna Cunningham and Paul Soucy, Global News The federal government’s plan to add a $1 tax on every gram of cannabis sold when it’s legalized next year isn’t sitting well with producers and users of medical marijuana. Dianna Donnelly has a prescription and uses medical cannabis to help with depression. “For the medicinal part of it I used to be ...

Article by Rachel Browne, Vice News Canadian medical marijuana company Aphria announced on Monday it will supply Shoppers Drug Mart with medical cannabis to be sold online. If Health Canada approves the pharmacy’s application to become a licensed producer, the deal will be one of the first of its kind ahead of the legalization of recreational cannabis by next summer. The ...

Review by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca. Yesterday, Monday, the Project Gator court case was once again scheduled to be brought before the court. As a change of pace, after nothing happening for 9 months of bail conditions and court hearing since the original arrest, some progress way made. For all individuals involved in the case it looks like the end ...

Article by Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily Cannabis retailers face starkly different futures in Canada as West Coast entrepreneurs prepare for a retail cannabis “gold rush,” while their counterparts in Ontario dig in – or in some cases hit the road – ahead of that province’s promised crackdown on dispensaries. Private capital already is leaving Ontario and pouring into Western Canada ...

Article by Chris Nelson, For The Calgary Herald Only government could get rid of something and then announce it’ll now cost more to do less. And you wonder why we relentlessly borrow so much money across this country? It’s because when it’s not your own pocket you’re digging into, then suggestions of expediency and cost control remain vague murmurs on ...

Article by CBC News Cambridge, Guelph and now Waterloo will get provincially run marijuana storefronts next summer, the province has announced. The three cities were informed of the decision on Tuesday. A storefront was announced for Kitchener earlier this month. The province has said 40 stores will be open in 2018 with the number rising to 80 by July 2019. The exact ...

Article by Colin Bambury, High! Canada Recreational cannabis will be legal in Canada by July of 2018. This new industry represents a giant opportunity for budding entrepreneurs in The Great White North . One of the main considerations is how this legal marijuana will be marketed to the public. This article will explore advertising and branding under the current medical ...