Article by Caroline Plante, CityNews Quebec junior health minister Lionel Carmant is refusing to bend on legislation that seeks to increase the legal age of cannabis consumption from 18 to 21 and ban the product from all public areas across the province. Carmant wasn’t even willing to accept amendments to his legislation during public consultations on the bill Tuesday in Quebec City. His stance led the Opposition ...

Article by Lucas Powers, CBC News The groups behind Ontario’s first cannabis retail training certification revealed details of the program in Toronto on Wednesday. The CannSell certificate will be mandatory for all managers, employees and licence holders planning to work in one of the province’s 25 brick-and-mortar pot shops when their doors open on April 1. Lift & Co. — a technology company that ...

Article by Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana (CFAMM) Tuesday, Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana (“CFAMM”) spoke on Parliament Hill, joined by patients, elected officials and allies in the cannabis sector urging the federal government to remove all taxes on medical cannabis. As the federal government prepares to release the 2019 Budget, CFAMM called on all citizens ...

Article by Jonathan Juha, Strathroy Age Dispatch Small-town Southwestern Ontario is pushing back against Ontario’s plan to cushion the fallout of legal marijuana with money, saying the funding formula puts small centres at a big disadvantage. The province recently announced the second instalment that municipalities will get from a $40-million fund to help cover costs stemming from the roll-out of recreational ...

Article by Susan Krashinsky Robertson, Globe and Mail Cannabis websites across the country are tracking their users with up to 13 different tools, a Globe and Mail analysis has found, raising questions about disclosure and privacy in a newly legal industry. . The amount of tracking varies greatly depending on the governmental agency or private company operating e-commerce services in ...

Article by Erik White, CBC News An old shoe store sandwiched in a strip mall between a dollar store and a make-up shop could become home to Sudbury’s first legal cannabis store. A store called Highlife has filed an application to open a marijuana retail store at 1299 Marcus Drive. It would be in the former location of Town Shoes, not far ...

Article by Christopher Whan, Global News Fire & Flower, a cannabis retailer based in Alberta, announced Tuesday that they have reached an agreement with one of the winning applicants to open a store on York Street in the Byward Market. Fire & Flower said in a release sent out on Tuesday that it has entered into agreements with two of the initial ...

Article by Greg Davis, Global News Two separate vehicle stops on Monday in the City of Kawartha Lakes led to drivers facing cannabis-related charges. City of Kawartha Lakes OPP say in one incident, an officer stopped a vehicle for allegedly speeding on Highway 35 near Ballyduff Road, about 27 kilometres south of Lindsay. During the investigation, OPP said they discovered ...

Article by Peter Nolan-Smith, Daily Hive Cannabis legalization comes with some heavy stipulations around what exactly is considered legal. Dried flower is now being sold across the country, however, there are still cannabis products that are not slated to appear on shelves until the fall. Cannabis infused edibles, beverages and concentrates are all part of legalization part two, when — barring ...

Article by David Clement, Financial Post On January 31st, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (ACGO) stated legal cannabis shops in the province will be prohibited from offering online retail options to consumers. This means that the initial 25 cannabis stores in Ontario and the multitude of stores that could open once the province lifts its temporary cap on retail licences ...