Article by Jack Julian, CBC News Nine people were arrested Wednesday after the RCMP raided five unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in the Halifax area. Police say they seized a “significant quantity” of cannabis, cannabis products and cash from the dispensaries on Caldwell Road in Cole Harbour. The businesses operated on land that is part of the Millbrook First Nation. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Lisa Croteau ...

Article by Casey Taylor, Kitchener Today More and more, it seems Canadian cannabis consumers are turning to legal sources to re-up their supply. The Canadian Cannabis Survey 2020 has found, of the number of Canadians who reported using cannabis in the past 12 months, 41 per cent say they had bought from a legal storefront. In 2019 that number sat ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Canopy Growth Corp.’s partly owned strategic investment subsidiary, Canopy Rivers, is selling some of its assets to the former and cutting ties with the company in a transaction worth nearly 300 million Canadian dollars ($232.2 million) that Rivers says will clear the path for new deals in the United States. The companies are based in Ontario, Canada. ...

Article by Dylan Klimchuk and Cody Lindsay, Cannabis Life Network Christmas is only four days away so for this week’s segment we’re going to be making some delicious holiday treats! For this special holiday segment of Cooking with Cannabis 101, we’ll be making critical kushmas gingerbread cookies using cannabis oil. For this recipe of critical kushmas gingerbread cookies we’ll be using Organigram’s ...

Article by Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily The number of active medical cannabis registrations in Canada grew at the fastest pace in nearly three years during the latest quarter, defying predictions that the medical sector would fizzle after adult-use prohibition came to an end. Canada added 73,803 active client registrations with a federal license holder for the quarter covering July, ...

Article by Technical 420 Organigram Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:OGI) (TSX:OGI), the parent company of Organigram Inc. (the “Company” or “Organigram”), a leading licensed producer of cannabis, is pleased to announce the launch of three new Edison Cannabis Co. (“Edison”) Indica strains including high potency Black Cherry Punch and Ice Cream Cake (I.C.C.) and full flavour Slurricane. “We are pleased and proud ...

Article by Colton Davies, Radio NL A small outdoor cannabis producer in Westsyde has just finished a rigorous process of getting a license from Health Canada. Dunesberry Farms will grow on nine-and-a-half acres and process the product on site, at its property adjacent to The Dunes Golf Course, according to president and CEO Bill Bilton Jr. He says they’re now ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op About of third of cancer patients taking part in a University of Alberta-affiliated study report using medical cannabis, a percentage that climbed about seven points between 2007 and 2016. “Within this study cohort of Canadian adults with current cancer diagnosis, cannabis use is not uncommon,” conclude authors of the study published this month in Expert ...

Article by NOW Toronto Afghani Bullrider by Toronto-based cannabis house BLLRDR This high-in-THC strain engineered by master grower Jeff Tek has been two decades in the making. It was first developed by Tek to help his ailing wife through cancer and Crohn’s disease. The strain has gone through a number of evolutions and is now scheduled to make its way ...

Article by Rafferty Baker, CBC New A new study by researchers with the B.C. Centre on Substance Use has found cannabis may reduce the risk of exposure to dangerous fentanyl in street drugs among people receiving treatment for opioid use disorder. The findings are set to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The study included 819 people receiving ...