Article by Erik Pindera, Global News Two years to the day after the federal government legalized cannabis, a Winnipeg marijuana professional who is currently suing the province over the right to grow pot plants at home said legalization has been a boon for government coffers — and offers a model to the rest of the world. Meanwhile, Canadians and Manitobans’ attitudes toward ...

Article by Miles, Cannabis Life Network On October 17, 2018, the Canadian government decriminalized weed for recreational use. Today marijuana is a popular recreation enjoyed by more people than ever with a developing industry for entrepreneurs and tastemakers alike. It has been two years of cannabis legalization in Canada but it was not an easy path. The same day cannabis was legalized in Canada, I was ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich. Growth Op Medicinal marijuana patients with proper medical documentation still feel they are being pushed toward recreational and unregulated markets to find relief for what ails them, and the situation is worse for patients without documentation. Not only is there a general need to clear systemic barriers — including cost, stigma and other access issues — patients are ...

Article by Ken Mann, Global News Several city councillors are voicing concerns about the proliferation of provincially-licensed cannabis stores in Hamilton. Currently, there are about a dozen pot shops in operation throughout the city, but the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario website shows 53 others in the application stage. Ward 8 Coun. John Paul Danko says they are “clustering” to target ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Regina Leader-Post A new policy brief confirms what comics from Sara Silverman to home-grown weed hero Seth Rogen have said for years: Canada’s legal cannabis industry is headed by white males and could be made fairer and better by adding diversity. Speaking about the cannabis industry from a North American perspective, Silverman took part in comedy ...

Article by Monte Sonnenberg, Simcoe Reformer Norfolk County wants to hear more about a special fund the Ontario Provincial Police has established for the disposal of massive cannabis seizures. At the Oct. 7 meeting of Norfolk’s Police Services Board, Det.-Insp. Jim Walker, head of the OPP’s Cannabis Enforcement Task Force, mentioned that the OPP has set aside money for this ...

Article by Ezra Black, MTL Blog COVID-19 has upended many aspects of our lives, and to cope, Quebecers have been smoking tremendous amounts of pot from the SQDC. And let’s not be overly judgemental. The social, psychological and financial stressors of this pandemic have been a challenge and we needed something to take the edge off. But did you know that buying legal cannabis in Canada ...

Article by Rob Brown, Dawson Creek Mirror Hollywood’s resident Canadian Seth Rogen popped up in Mile Zero again – once again videoing in to a Mile Zero cannabis retailer to talk the green bone. Dawson Creek was the first city in Canada to carry Rogen’s strain of cannabis – he told the Mirror last year he hoped this was the ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Leadership positions in Canada’s regulated marijuana sector continue to be held predominantly by white males, according to a  statistical analysis released this week. The new analysis from the University of Toronto’s Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation included 700 executives and directors across 166 licensed cannabis producers and 56 parent companies. It concluded that 84% of those leaders ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op As Canadians start harvesting their homegrown cannabis, police are seeing a spike in reports of sticky-fingered bandits. That was the case recently for London’s Mike Nutt, whose backyard camera captured a thief hopping the fence, hacking down his plants, and then absconding, all in less than a minute. “He’s lucky I didn’t catch him,” ...