Article by Spiro Papuckoski, Toronto Sun Canadians could be opening a new gift under their Christmas trees this year that could literally give them a high. The market for cannabis-infused products is expanding with the addition of edibles, drinks, extracts and topicals, which are tentatively set to be available at the Ontario Cannabis Store and licensed retailers no earlier than ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News Last October, we started putting cannabis in a category kind of, sort of similar to alcohol. But through a series of cultural and legal accidents — or just lawmakers of different generations making decisions in different decades — we treat them differently in any number of ways. Nearly always, they involve being stricter about ...

Article by Brendan Bures, The Fresh Toast On Thursday night the Toronto Raptors won the NBA Finals for the first time in team history. Since 1993, no professional Canadian team in the four major sports—NBA, MLB, NHL, or the NFL—had won a championship until the Raptors victory this season. Suffice to say, Canadians had something to celebrate. And boy did ...

Article by Kelly Provost, CBC News The president of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association is urging municipalities to write the provincial government lobbying for a 33 per cent cut of pot revenue. Not only do Saskatchewan municipalities want a share of the excise tax the province collects on cannabis sales, the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association argues it’s a federal expectation. Gordon ...

Toronto is an amazing city for cannabis with so many diverse events going on. Here is a list of the events going on this upcoming week and weekend: Monday, June 17, 2019: Tuesday, June 18, 2019: Wednesday, June 19, 2019: Free Cannabis Grow Class When: 6:00pm-8:00pm Where: Grow Op Hydroponics (1332 Bloor St. West, Toronto) Price: Free Movie and a Doobie When: 7:00pm-9:00pm Where: Hotbox Café (204 ...

Article by Simon Little, Global News A new study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) is suggesting that Canada’s cannabis-impaired driving penalties may be too strict. That’s after researchers found no link between low levels of THC, the psychoactive chemical in pot, and car crashes. The study, recently published in the journal Addiction, also looked at the impact of other illegal drugs ...

Article by Camille Bains, CityNews Smoking marijuana containing low levels of the drug’s main psychoactive ingredient does not increase most drivers’ risk of a crash even though Canada’s impaired-drug laws would penalize them, says the lead investigator of a study that analyzed THC amounts in the blood samples of more than 3,000 people who were injured behind the wheel. Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher, associate professor in the department of ...

Article by Lift & Co. This weekend marks the first Father’s Day since the federal legalization of cannabis in Canada. Lift & Co. Corp. (“Lift & Co.” or the “Company”) (TSXV: LIFT) (OTCQB: LFCOF) today released the results of a targeted poll of dads who are also cannabis consumers and found that the majority of respondents would welcome a cannabis ...

Article by Leaf News Dear Herb: Can someone pay you to look after, and grow their cannabis on their property if you aren’t their caregiver? A friend of mine has offered to pay me to grow his cannabis on his property using all of his supplies and legal genetics. Is this legal? — Gardener for Hire Dear Gardener for Hire: Thanks for ...

Lift held their annual Toronto cannabis expo June 6th -9th to showcase some of the largest companies in the industry. With each year the show changes slightly and this year being the first Lift post legalization there was a lot of excitement and anticipation. The first day of Lift (Thursday) was the business conference, something the media wasn’t privy to, ...