Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op For Australian football player Ryan Gale, his previous years of athletic glory have been replaced by a harsh new reality. Gales lives with chronic pain due to his injuries and required a hip replacement at just 33-years-old. “I don’t think I ever went one week without pain somewhere,” Gale told 7NEWS. Now Gale and other ex-athletes ...

Article by Bill Jackson, Waterloo Chronicle Waterloo’s first retail cannabis store, Bud & Sally, opened with high hopes on Friday, March 13. “What could go wrong?” reads a wryly written press release, announcing Monday that the uptown store has been bought by Meta Growth, one of the country’s largest retail cannabis operations. Back in July, Meta announced it had executed ...

Article by Anam Khan, Guelph Today Guelph will soon be home to the provincial distribution centre for legal cannabis. The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) distribution centre is relocating to Guelph from its Oakville location as the cannabis industry rapidly grows. “We have begun the process and we are looking to have the Guelph facility operational in early October,” said Daffyd Roderick, ...

Article by Global News Emergency crews discovered a large indoor marijuana growing operation while responding to a barn fire on Clarke McKinlay Rd. in Hamilton Township Saturday afternoon. Firefighters arrived on scene at about 2 p.m. and found heavy smoke coming from the east side of the barn. The fire was too involved to send crews inside, so firefighters attacked ...

Article by TG Branfalt, Ganjapreneur Canada’s agricultural sector bucked the general economic decline caused by the coronavirus during the first half of the year due to strong cannabis sales, according to Statistics Canada figures outlined by Moose Jaw Today. Farm cash receipts totaled $16.7 billion – an increase of 5.2 percent – but were driven by $685 million in cannabis, a ...

Article by Food in Canada The Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) has released a report prepared by the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD) to estimate the potential size of the cannabidiol (CBD) market in Canada and its positive economic impact if the Government of Canada were to permit CBD in natural health products. . The report, which can be found here, outlines ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Thanks to Mandy, a 35-year-old single mom in London, U.K., when someone says they are calling the NHS, they might not mean the National Health Service. Out of work during the pandemic, the freelance graphic designer started a budding edibles delivery business: the National Hashish Service. After acquiring a bulk order of high-quality hash, ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op It seems the playing field between alcohol and weed is once again uneven, at least in the U.S., this time thanks to Twitter contributing to an imbalance that some argue is inconsistent with the facts. While a Twitter search for vodka displays several different vodka companies and brands, a search for “marijuana” or certain ...

Article by Dylan Klimchuk, Cannabis Life Network Studio 710 and its partners are happy to announce the success of the fundraiser “For The Yutes” school in Mandeville, Jamaica.  The charity concert which aimed to raise funds for masks, sanitizers, and back to school supplies for the school surpassed its goal of $1000. If you missed the live-stream event, you can watch the recording on Studio710‘s Periscope, Twitch, or Facebook. A behind the scenes ...

Article by Maria Loreto, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op Will Smith is an accomplished TV, film and music icon. But many of us still flash back to the 1990s when Smith was simply known as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The sitcom launched his career, and he’s managed to stay relevant since, working with a string of famous ...