Article by Erik Heinrich, Globe and Mail From the outside, MediPharm Labs’ production facility looks like another non-descript warehouse in an industrial park. The interior of the facility in Barrie, Ont., however, is a beehive of employees in white lab coats and polypropylene hair nets working inside brightly lit glass cubes. They hover over high-tech machinery with pedals and metal ...

Article by Jennifer K. Baker, CTV Kitchener A Kitchener cannabis company is hoping to hire more than 400 new workers. James E. Wagner Cultivation Corporation, or JWC, is holding a career fair on Tuesday just down the road from their Manitou Drive facility. “We will eventually employ 400 in total at our flagship facilty,” said Nathan Woodworth of JWC. “Today ...

Article by Josee St-Onge, CBC News Licensed cannabis producers are optimistic that the introduction of legal edibles will help displace the black market, but analysts say it will take time to displace illegal sales. Edmonton-based cannabis producer Aurora is launching a line of edibles that include chocolates, gummies and vaping products. The company has submitted its products to Health Canada ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Leaf News It’s been 365 days since Canada legalized and regulated non-medical cannabis on Oct. 17, 2018. Here’s a by-the-numbers look at what’s happened since then. Online sales of legal cannabis are available in all of Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories, but it’s bricks-and-mortar storefronts that appear to be the driving force behind weed sales. Not all ...

Article by Mike O, Cannabis Life Network The worst part of the new regulations kicking in today concerns edibles. Particularly the 10 mg of THC limit per package. It’s ridiculous and only serves to highlight the absurd double standard when it comes to alcohol versus cannabis. Here’s why. Cannabis edibles are widely available on the black market. It has been for years, in potencies that range anywhere from ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Leaf News Provincial cannabis wholesaler Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries earned nearly $27 million in cannabis revenue during the 2018-19 fiscal year ended March 31, according to the Crown corporation’s newly-released annual report. But that wasn’t enough to deliver positive net cannabis revenue to the province, which says it lost more than $2.4 million on cannabis during the same period. ...

Article by Spiro Papuckoski, Kingston Whig-Standard The black market for recreational weed in Ontario is not going anywhere soon. With just two dozen stores scattered throughout the province, along with the government-run and online-only Ontario Cannabis Store, residents seeking a high rely mainly illicit sources of pot a year after the federal government legalized its consumption. “I would argue that ...

Article by Kate McGillivray, CBC News Along with planting bulbs and clearing out dying annuals, some Ontario gardeners now have a new fall tradition: harvesting their cannabis plants. “Now is the most exciting time of growing at home,” said Katy Perry, who owns a hydroponic supply store in Toronto. “Your plant is finally ready to be chopped down, dried, cured ...

Article by Aidan Geary, CBC News Onerous regulations and insufficient funding are holding back cannabis research in Canada, some experts say, a year after recreational use of the drug became legal. “I’ll be honest, I’ve become very cynical over the past year,” said Lynda Balneaves, an associate professor at the University of Manitoba’s College of Nursing and deputy director of ...

Article by Cheryl Chan, Canada.com Excessive packaging remains a problem one year after cannabis was legalized, but retailers say change is on the horizon. Consumers criticized the often multi-layered and single-use packaging of plastic, paper and cardboard for even small quantities of weed. Greenpeace Canada is also speaking out on what it says is a “missed opportunity” in the battle ...