Article by Anisha Dhiman, The Province When it comes to marketing and promotion in the cannabis industry, there’s a clear “before” and “after”. Before regulations were set in stone on Oct. 17, the trend veered towards being bold and brave; after legalization, companies are often seen toeing the line. “A good example, not a client of mine, is Aurora Cannabis,” says John Bowes, senior public relations ...

Article by Beppi Crosariol, Globe and Mail Cannabis school taught me many surprising things. For example, did you know that when a joint “burns black” rather than with white ash it could mean your weed was improperly flushed of heavy metals or pesticides prior to harvest? Or that highly pungent strains, such as Sour Diesel and Super Skunk, are described ...

Article by Julia Wright, CBC News The provincial government is pretty clear on its website: Cannabis NB is “the only legal retailer of cannabis.” But you wouldn’t know that from the steady stream of consumers filtering in and out of King Canna, a Saint John medical dispensary on a lunch hour in January — three months after New Brunswick launched its government monopoly ...

Article by Julia Wright, CBC News Cannabis NB employees at two New Brunswick stores have taken the first steps toward joining a union. The announcement from the New Brunswick Union, which represents many public employees in the province, comes just over a week after a major round of layoffs at the cannabis authority. A majority of employees at the Campbellton and Miramichi Cannabis ...

Article by Mike Hager and Christina Pellegrini, Globe and Mail The man behind the counter of a vape shop in Vancouver’s popular Granville Strip entertainment district answered a confident “Yes,” when asked if the bottle of CBD liquid was legal. In nearby New Westminster, Lia Hood said she was surprised when The Globe and Mail notified her that her Good ...

Article by Peter Nolan-Smith, Daily Hive Legalization has been an ongoing experiment in public policy, but one of the more interesting new privileges given to Canadians is the ability to grow their own cannabis at home. Federal laws say we’re all entitled to grow at least one, and up to four, cannabis plants within residences — though Quebec has enshrined laws that ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News St. Louis, Mo., gynecologist Becky Kaufman Lynn faced a problem: her patients wanted her to explain how cannabis affected how they experienced sex, but she wasn’t sure how to answer. “Women would come in and say, ‘My sexual problems are so much better when I smoke marijuana,’ or, ‘My pain is better when I smoke marijuana.’” ...

Article by Christopher Curtis, Montreal Gazette Call it a cannibersary: Canada marked three months on Thursday since the legalization of recreational cannabis. In Quebec — where the product is sold by the government-run Société Québécoise du Cannabis (SQDC) — legalization has highlighted the province’s thirst for the “sticky icky” but also some chronic problems that have come with the new ...

Article by Tiffany Crawford and Glenda Luymes, Toronto Sun Marc Emery, once hailed as the “Prince of Pot,” has come under fire after several women came forward with allegations of sexual harassment against him only days before three of the Cannabis Culture dispensaries he helped start in Vancouver plan to close their doors. The alleged incidents were made public on Twitter by Deidre ...

Article by Gary Rinne, Orilliamatters Darren Gravelle says no one would expect the government to hold a lottery for liquor licences, and it is equally unreasonable to use a lottery to award licences to sell cannabis. Gravelle manages Rainbow on May, a vape shop. The same owner operates a similar shop on Bay Street. The local operator was not included in a list ...