Article by Collingwood Today On March 28, 2020, at approximately 9:00 p.m., a member of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle for speeding on Hwy 26, in the Town of Wasaga Beach. The officer found the driver to be operating the vehicle with a suspended driver’s licence and with cannabis readily available to him. ...

Article by Daily Hive Cannabis might be an essential service across the country, but ordering from the Ontario Cannabis Store is going to come with some delays this week. Currently, the only legal online cannabis ordering site in the province isn’t offering overnight delivery. Customers who complete an order online will notice the option not being offered. “Our distribution centre ...

Article by Craig Lord, Ottawa Business Journal As Gatineau-based Hexo Corp. struggles to find its footing in Canada’s cannabis market, the licensed pot producer is expecting disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic to hamper its revenues in the weeks and months ahead. Hexo CEO Sebastien St. Louis discussed the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak during the company’s second-quarter conference call ...

Article by Brendan Bures, Fresh Toast Just how will the coronavirus epidemic end? It’s a question you’ve probably wondered about multiple times during this period of quarantine and social distancing. If not, you likely wish things would just go back to normal. According to experts, one way the outbreak could end is doctors developing medications that prevent and/or treat the infection. ...

Article by Tracy Lamourie, Benzinga Cannabis retail stores across the legal states had already been reporting that they were unable to keep up with the demand when it came to consumers who have expressed a clear preference for same day delivery. Retail stores unable to offer same day services were already struggling to keep their customer in today’s marketplace. (As exciting ...

Article by Kate Robertson, Growth Op How do you unwind after a long week? That question used to be easy for me to answer: I retreat from social media, roll a joint and listen to tunes or watch something. It’s more complicated now. My relationship to my home has changed. Consuming television is impossible — characters stand too close, their ...

Article by Saira Peesker, Globe and Mail Many Canadian companies are keen to tap into the federal government’s business credit availability program, created this month to provide emergency financing to businesses affected by COVID-19. But entrepreneurs in the cannabis sector and bar owners are among those discovering they may not be eligible for BCAP’s loans. The $10-billion allotted for the ...

Article by Aidan Wallace, Toronto Sun Leaders of Canada’s cannabis industry are pleading with the federal government for help to curb the damage the coronavirus pandemic is having on the sector. Cannabis companies are currently left out of the federal government’s $82 billion stimulus package, something Rick Savone, SVP Global Government Relations for Aurora Cannabis Inc, hopes will change sooner ...

Article by London Free Press The Oneida Nation of the Thames will be closed to the public beginning Monday amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indigenious territory southwest of London is closing all public access roads at 12 a.m. Monday, the Oneida Council of Chiefs said. The closure doesn’t apply to residents, those with permission from the council, employees and delivery ...

Article by Andres Markwart, Cannabis Life Network Our neighbours to the south are unenviably approaching 100,000 cases of COVID-19 across the country; the largest count worldwide. Here at home, where a faster and more effective approach to dealing with the spread of the virus – an attempt to flatten the curve – has been implemented, Canada sits at 4,610 cases. ...