Article by Alan Brochstein, New Cannabis Ventures Statistics Canada released July retail sales for the country this morning, with very positive data for the cannabis sector, as overall cannabis sales grew 15% sequentially to C$231.6 million, up 116% from a year ago. The report detailed substantial growth in Ontario, which grew 23% to C$60.3 million, with the other large provinces, Alberta, ...

Article by Health Europa Dr Hance Clarke tells MCN about the Medical Cannabis Real-World Evidence clinical trial. Dr Hance Clarke, MSc, MD, PhD, FRCPC is the Medical Director of the Pain Research Unit at Toronto General Hospital. He is leading the pioneering Medical Cannabis Real-World Evidence clinical trial, which aims to gauge the effects of various forms of cannabis and cannabinoids ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Lift & Co. Corp., a Toronto-based cannabis events and marketing firm, has filed for bankruptcy. The announcement comes after Lift failed to sell off its consumer and trade marketing divisions, along with its CannSell training program and other assets, according to the company. Lift said that it had been “negotiating a significant equity investment in its ...

Article by Garrett Barry, CBC News The almost four-week-old Dominion strike is turning into a major buzzkill for cannabis enthusiasts in central Newfoundland, who have been left with no retail outlets for miles. Dominion was granted the only two initial retail licenses for cannabis sales in the central part of the province, and the store’s contract dispute with Unifor Local ...

Article by Kim Phillips, CTV News The OPP says it destroyed over 200 cannabis plants that were confiscated from a Caledon property on Wednesday. Officers say 237 plants, roughly five to seven feet tall, were seized from the address on Heather Street. … There was no word on any arrests or charges. Read the full article here.

Article by David Yasvinski, Growth Op Big grow-ops can sprout in small places. Ontario police put a dent in the province’s resilient black market this week, arresting 11 people and seizing 8,000 pot plants in the small township of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan. The Monday raid, which involved members of the Ontario Provincial Police’s street crime unit, organized crime enforcement ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op An Ontario Provincial Police raid executed this week under the Cannabis Act resulted in the seizure of more than 200 cannabis plants. Officers from the Caledon OPP Detachment’s Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU)  and the Central Region Emergency Response Team descended on a Heather Street property on September 16, 101.5 Orangeville Today reports. The search yielded 235 cannabis ...

Article by Dylan Klimchuk, Cannabis Life Network Canada is one of the top producers of quality bud, here are our 7 top picks of Indica Cannabis Strains With A Canadian Heritage. UBC Chemo This legendary strain was supposedly developed by Dr. David Suzuki at the University of British Columbia in the late ’60s or ’70s. UBC Chemo is a rare commodity as it is ...

Article by Chappy Go Lucky, Cannabis Life Network Learn about various ways and reasons we smoke weed by taking a look at different cultures, festivals and communities. Take a toke at Mont-Royal park in Montreal on 420 Although marijuana has only been legalized in Canada in the last year and a bit, cities like Montreal have tolerated consumption of the product in ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op A Sidney, B.C. resident is taking issue with the name of what could become the city’s first cannabis store, arguing that Happy Buddha Cannabis is clearly insensitive and lacks respect for the Buddhist faith. Not a Buddhist himself, Richard Talbot, whose family has ties to India, contends the moniker is “really insulting toward anybody ...