Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Ontario will allow cannabis retailers to provide curbside pickup and delivery services in regions impacted by upcoming provincial lockdowns, the province’s attorney general said Friday. Cannabis retailers were briefly allowed to provide delivery services in April during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that was rescinded three months later. However, with Toronto and Peel Regions ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Canada-based cannabis operator Liberty Health Sciences said it agreed to settle a 2019 securities fraud class action lawsuit for $1.8 million. The settlement is “made without any admission or finding of liability and is subject to court approval,” Liberty Health noted in a news release. Liberty Health is based in Toronto but has a vertically integrated ...

Article by CBC News Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have seized over $80 million dollars worth of cannabis from a greenhouse operation in Leamington Ont. Officers from the provincial joint force cannabis enforcement team (PJFCET) attended a Mersea Road location on Wednesday to execute a Cannabis Act Search warrant. According to police, over 75,000 cannabis plants and over 5,300 pounds of processed cannabis ...

Article by Chris Damas, Growth Op The cannabis industry began planning for a large recreational market when the Trudeau government made legalization a campaign promise in 2015. On October 16, 2018, the day before recreational cannabis use became legal, there were 129 medical cannabis sales and cultivation licenses given out by Health Canada. Two years later, the cannabis industry has ...

Article by Greg McArthur, Globe and Mail A former master grower for cannabis grower WeedMD Inc. tipped off an investment adviser with inside information about a major production expansion two weeks before the deal was announced, the Ontario Securities Commission has alleged. . Taylor Carr, a former production official for the Aylmer, Ont.-based company, allegedly told Trevor Rosborough some time ...

Article by Doug Schmidt, Windsor Star Security at the large Prince Edward County farm where Diego lived and worked, helping with the growing of thousands of cannabis plants, was largely the responsibility of a single dog. On Sept. 15, on the eve of this year’s pot harvest, the dog began barking at about 5 a.m., waking Diego and his five ...

Article by Stephanie Taylor, Toronto Star For Shelby Curtis, keeping away from hard drugs starts with quieting her thoughts. The 26-year-old got a prescription to use cannabis medicinally earlier this year while in recovery and living in Regina’s Raising Hope housing program for new mothers facing issues such as substance abuse. She uses THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, to ...

Article by Alyse Kotyk, CTV News A batch of cannabis oil sold in B.C. has been recalled by Health Canada after the package’s instructions on how to use the product were incorrect. Health Canada says the recall involves nine lots from Voyage Cannabis Corp.’s PureFarma and PuraVida oils. They were sold through provincially authorized retailers in B.C., the health agency ...

Article by Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily MediPharm Labs Corp. reported third-quarter revenue of 4.9 million Canadian dollars ($3.8 million), 88% lower than the CA$43.4 million the Barrie, Ontario, company booked in the same period last year. Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30 was 64% lower than the previous three-month period. The quarterly results come days after the unexpected ...

Article by Helen Stevenson, Growth Op Canada’s medical cannabis system effectively prioritizes safety and transparency. But from the patient perspective, the experience is not ideal. People with a medical concern that could potentially be helped by cannabis must go through a multi-step process. It begins with talking to their healthcare practitioner; however, only a small percentage of Canadian physicians have ...