Article by Marijuana Business Daily Aurora Cannabis laid off sales staff after choosing Great North Distributors to be its sales representative across the Canadian recreational marijuana retail environment. Aurora was unable to share the specific number of employees who will be displaced as a result of the deal. “We have informed the internal sales team of our agreement with Great North Distributors, ...

Article by Camille Bains, CBC News As the first terminally ill cancer patient in Canada to legally use so-called magic mushrooms to treat anxiety, Thomas Hartle is hopeful that more temporary approvals from the federal government signal a permanent regulatory regime may be in the works. Hartle, 53, received a one-year exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act last August to ...

Article by Dylan Klimchuk and Cody Lindsay, Cannabis Life Network Welcome back to another segment of Cooking With Cannabis 101, this week you’ll learn how to make the ultimate cannabis-infused brownie. For this recipe, you’ll need to know how to make cannabis butter or be able to purchase some from your local cannabis retailer. For a guide to making cannabis butter, click here. Here’s what ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, London Free Press WeedMD has shuttered its packaging plant east of Toronto to consolidate its operations in the London area, the cannabis company says. The pot producer’s decision to close its Bowmanville facility comes less than two weeks after chief executive Angelo Tsebelis resigned, the second leadership shakeup at the publicly traded company in the last ...

Article by Growth Op Just as some Canadians have had difficulty sorting legal cannabis suppliers from illicit ones, a retail worker in Barrie says he was unaware that his former employer, an illicit dispensary, was not above-board. Orillia Matters reports that defence lawyer Ariyan Zaraineh told the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie last week that his client, Matthew Richer, was ...

Article by Jonathan Mulvihill, Renfrew Mercury via Inside Ottawa Valley A new cannabis retail store is being planned for Renfrew. JUST THE FACTS • The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) received a new application for Cannabis 228, to be located at 28 Raglan St. N., near Mill Music. • The public notice for Cannabis 228 end on Jan. 29, ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Alcanna Inc. is spinning-off its retail cannabis business and combining it with competing retailer YSS Corp. to create one of the largest networks of recreational marijuana stores in Canada, the companies announced Monday. The deal is the latest in a series of M&A in the cannabis retail space, driven by companies looking to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive ...

Article by KitchenerToday Waterloo Regional Police have released more information about a sizeable cannabis bust on Friday. North Division’s Community Orientated Response and Enforcement (CORE) team initiated an investigation into the production and distribution of illegal cannabis at two commercial properties on Baffin Place in Waterloo that afternoon. During the execution of the Federal Cannabis Act search warrant, police seized over ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Alcanna Inc. said Monday it is spinning off its cannabis retailer division and merging it with YSS Corp. in an all-stock deal that would value the combined company at about $130 million. The new company is expected to be renamed Nova Cannabis Inc. and will rebrand most of its retail footprint to Value Buds, a move ...

Article by CTV News Police officers seized more than $200,000 in cannabis products from a pair of commercial buildings in Waterloo last week. Officers carried out a search warrant at the buildings on Baffin Place on Friday afternoon. According to a news release, officers started investigating the possible production and distribution of these products the day before. Police executed the ...