Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Alcanna Inc.’s pot shops will stop selling cannabis products made by Canopy Growth Corp. amid Canopy’s rapid retail expansion into Western Canada, according to a company executive. Marcie Kiziak, the head of Alcanna’s cannabis retail division, told BNN Bloomberg that its pot stores will stop selling Canopy’s wide range of products including dried flower, ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Trevin Jones looked overmatched in the opening round of his UFC debut at ESPN 15. He took the fight on short notice and reportedly cut 16 pounds in 36 hours to make the 140-pound catchweight limit for his match against Timur Valiev. In the first round, Valiev connected on a kick to the body that had ...

Article by Alison Langley, Niagara Falls Review Ten Niagara residents are among 15 people facing 135 charges after law enforcement agencies quashed what police described as an international “criminal enterprise” and seized $42 million in cannabis. The police raids conducted in August, including one at a greenhouse in Jordan, came out of a year-old operation called Project Woolwich, run by ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) raid this week in Norfolk County revealed a massive, indoor cannabis grow-op with plants estimated to be worth just shy of $800,000. Coupled with other police services in the area, the raid of what looked to be a warehouse-type structure resulted in seizing about $796,000 in cannabis plants and ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, The Sudbury Star WeedMD workers spent the day cutting off the tops off cannabis plants and stuffing them into 100-kilogram containers that were taken away by a waiting tractor. The crates of cannabis were taken to a nearby greenhouse to be dried and processed into edibles, extracts and topicals — Cannabis 2.0 products that first hit ...

Article by TbNewsWatch Northwestern Ontario’s cannabis market is far from tapped, if the steady stream of applications to build new retail outlets is any indication. Sixteen businesses have submitted cannabis retail store applications in the region, according to the website of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, which regulates the process. Ten of those are for Thunder Bay itself, ...

Article by Monte Sonnenberg, Simcoe Reformer Problem producers of cannabis in Norfolk County are taking advantage of federal regulations that prevent the municipality and Health Canada from working together to weed out bad actors. In a video conference with senior Health Canada officials Wednesday, Norfolk’s Police Services Board heard that the federal agency cannot alert municipalities to designated-grower operations because ...

Article by Stu Mills, CBC News Cheap land may be driving a proliferation of grow-ops in rural eastern Ontario, one that’s seen Ontario Provincial Police charge dozens of people and seize tens of millions of dollars of illegal cannabis in just over two months. In that time, the region’s seen 18 drug busts that have led to 126 people arrested on charges that they illegally grew cannabis. ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Canadian medicinal marijuana patients report feeling disadvantaged when it comes to access and pricing, a wrong that could be righted by ensuring that physicians who offer related consultations are covered under provincial plans. “Right now, accessing medical cannabis is unnecessarily expensive and difficult, and people are being pushed back to the illicit market,” says ...

Article by Dylan Klimchuk, Cannabis Life Network If you’re new to smoking or simply need a refresher, we’ve got you covered. Here’s 5 basic cannabis terms and definitions every cannabis lover should know. Cannabis Otherwise known as marijuana, cannabis is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. It is used both recreationally and medicinally all over the world. There are currently 483 known compounds ...