Article by Maria Loreto, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op Despite CBD’s popularity, the product remains unregulated and lacks scientific research. People interested in the compound have to make sure they’re buying the right kind of products, as well as avoiding false advertising and items that claim to feature CBD, but don’t. There are many questions surrounding CBD, including how ...

Article by Lin Shen, Cannabis Life Network You’ve probably seen a variety of products containing hemp being advertised and sold in regular stores, but never products containing marijuana. Although they are both from the cannabis family, there are important differences between marijuana and hemp that you should know. What is Hemp? Legally, any Cannabis Sativa plant that contains less than 0.3 percent THC is classified as ...

Article by Nathan Taylor, Orillia Matters It’s hard to miss the large signs on a building at Mississaga and Peter streets advertising a cannabis company, but the business has not yet been given the go-ahead to open. The City of Orillia has confirmed the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is processing an application from Miss Jones Cannabis Co. to ...

Article by Aaron Beswick, Journal Pioneer The Department of Veterans Affairs spent $77,794,212.57 last year on marijuana. That is more than the department spent ($66.2 million) on the 12,000 other drugs approved to be prescribed for veterans. The Chronicle Herald began an examination of the marijuana industry and government oversight because of revelations in the Desmond Fatality Inquiry. We dug ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Manitoba will soon begin taking applications for new cannabis store licenses, opening up the recreational marijuana market in the central Canadian province to all comers. Applications will be accepted starting June 1, but the province will only process one location per applicant at a time. Applicants without any existing stores in Manitoba will be prioritized, ...

Article by Brian Lilley, Toronto Star They haven’t ruled it out, but they haven’t committed to it either. The Ford government has allowed restaurants to sell booze to go, either for takeout or delivery, and allowed cannabis shops to deliver for the last while due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Will they let it stay once we start returning to “normal”? ...

Article by Erik White, CBC News One northern Ontario town is looking for a way to make smelly cannabis plants illegal. West Nipissing council wants to draft a bylaw to regulate the odour from the four marijuana plants each Ontario resident is legally now allowed to grow. Councillor Lise Senecal put the issue on the table after getting complaints from several ...

Article by Natasha Philpott, Bradford Today In the town’s virtual council meeting on Tuesday night, a recommendation was passed to support the City of Hamilton’s letter, asking the Provincial government to extend authority to municipalities that would allow them to enforce odor and lighting nuisance complaints against licensed and unlicensed cannabis cultivations within their jurisdictions. Council endorsed the letter addressed to Minister of ...

Article by Reka Szekely, Oshawa This Week A surge of cannabis retail store applications means there could be as many as six new cannabis stores in Oshawa. Currently there is one store in the city, Tokyo Smoke located on Laval Drive. An application for a Friendly Stranger store at 204 Ritson Rd. N., in the Costco plaza, has been in the ...

Article by Erika Engel, Collingwood Today The province’s online weed store is waiving delivery charges during the pandemic in the interest of making an essential service more accessible. Ontario Cannabis Store announced this week it would be offering free delivery, with direct-to-door delivery options for select postal codes in Southern Ontario. The provincial government declared the Ontario Cannabis Store (ocs.ca) an essential ...