Article by Colby Cosh, SaltWire The new number of the journal Canadian Public Policy contains a paper entitled “ The tax consequences of legal cannabis. ” Great, I hear you asking: what are those? About time someone asked! Slow down, bud: economics tends to be a factory for giant wads of differential equations, and not so much in the business of simple ...

Article by David Yasvinski, Growth Op Chelsea Handler is trying to extinguish the stigma of her favourite drug. The actor and comedian has made no secret of her penchant for pot and she’s determined to spread the word to as many people as possible, according to cheatsheet.com. One of the biggest misconceptions she said she finds herself pushing back against is that ...

Article by CBC News A series of cannabis thefts have been reported in and around Waterloo Region, according to police, as the midpoint of the plant’s harvest season arrives. In the early hours of Sept. 19 Wellington County OPP attended a rural property in Guelph, responding to a break and enter in progress. When police arrived they saw people running toward ...

Article by Bailey Moreton, My Yellowknife Now Illegal cannabis across Canada is pushing down prices for legal recreational cannabis in stores in Yellowknife. The consumer price index (CPI) for recreational cannabis dropped ten per cent as of August 2020 compared with August 2019, according to the latest consumer price index numbers. The consumer price index – which measures the change ...

Article by Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune The Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) and the province have entered into the first of its kind government-to-government agreement under section 119 of the Cannabis Control Licensing Act. “We’ve been negotiating the agreement since pre-legalization,” Chief Willie Sellars said. “It’s something we’ve been working on for a long time, that we’ve finally ...

Article by Jeff Lagerquist, Yahoo Finance Canada Aurora Cannabis (ACB.TO)(ACB) is betting consumers will be willing to swallow price hikes on its higher-end pot as the company ups its focus on more profitable premium products. The strategy shift spelled out by new chief executive officer Miguel Martin on Tuesday comes as discount brands surge in popularity across Canada’s legal sector. ...

Article by Connor Smith, Barron’s Aurora Cannabis stock shed nearly 30% of its value on Wednesday after the company reported a full-year net loss of 3.3 billion Canadian dollars (US$2.48 billion). Investors knew that billion-dollar write-downs were coming, but the company’s report and outlook didn’t do much to improve sentiment for the struggling stock. When adjusted for a 12-1 reverse stock split, Aurora shares hit their ...

Article by Cornwall Newswatch Provincial police have charged 13 people in connection to Monday’s bust of a marijuana growing operation in South Dundas, northeast of Iroquois. O.P.P. announced Tuesday night that they seized over 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of processed cannabis, over 1,700 pot plants, plus growing and processing equipment. Police officers and municipal workers were at the property at 11515 ...

Article by Maria Loreto, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op A lot has been said about CBD pet products and what they can do to tame anxiety and other stressors that pets experience. Anecdotal evidence indicates that at least some pet owners are happy with the cannabis products they’ve used on their pets, reporting that they put their pets at ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op If you’re a cannabis consumer who suffers a brain injury, you might recover faster than those who abstain from the plant, according to a study published in the Journal of Surgical Research. “Although preinjury use of marijuana does not improve survival in trauma patients, it may provide some improvement in outcomes in patients with traumatic ...