Article by Craig Campbell, The Hamilton Spectator Legal cannabis retail stores in the old City of Hamilton outsold suburban stores in the surrounding former municipalities, including Dundas, Ancaster and Stoney Creek, during the first quarter of 2021, according to data provided by the Ontario Cannabis Store. . OCS spokesperson Joanna Hui said the government store, the sole provider of cannabis ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, London Free Press A London man hoping to open Canada’s first restaurant serving cannabis-infused food is petitioning the provincial and federal governments to let the businesses operate. Jeremy Smith, 35, began circulating the petition to the province at marijuana retail stores across Southwestern Ontario last month. Now the petition is collecting signatures in around 90 pot ...

Article by Galen Simmons, Stratford Beacon Herald It’s official. Stratford pot smokers can now enjoy a legal recreational cannabis strain that was bred, grown and packaged entirely in the Festival City. Stratford’s GreenSeal Cannabis Co. celebrated the launch of of Gorilla Berry, its first cannabis strain that’s now available for purchase in Ontario, with a Friday event hosted by the ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Like many entrepreneurs, Michael Motala was eager to take part in Canada’s newly legal — and hopefully, lucrative — cannabis industry. But after less than a year of running a cannabis store on Toronto’s fashionable Queen West neighbourhood, mounting competition and over-regulation are leading him to consider selling his business. “It was an interesting ...

Article by BNN Bloomberg CannTrust Holdings Inc. says its reorganization plan has been approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The insolvent cannabis company said the restructuring under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act remains subject to conditions, including U.S. court approval of a class action and expiration of appeal periods that are expected to be satisfied in the fourth ...

Article by Jenny Austin, Cannabis Life Network For those old enough to remember the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan, you may also recall when Ross Rebagilati made history — twice. He was the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for Men’s Snowboarding and was subsequently disqualified and stripped of his medal after a drug test revealed trace amounts ...

Article by StratCac Reported instances of drug-impaired driving increased significantly in Canada in the year following legalization, but only represent about 8% of all police-reported incidents of impaired driving in 2019. Despite these increases, instances of cannabis-impaired driving may not have risen much at all, says Statistics Canada, who released the report this week. These increases are also likely to ...

Article by Emily McKay, Cannabis Life Network I can think of few worse things than sitting down to roll a joint, only to find the buds have dried out. The inevitable groan as I see good money flying out the window and pain flying back in. The good news is a dry bag isn’t automatically a death sentence for your ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Before the family behind one of Canada’s longest-running and most successful greenhouse vegetable growing operations got into cannabis, they had two concerns. The first was fears about how some of their U.S. competitors might react and if they would use the company’s cannabis position against them, says Jamie D’Alimonte, the CEO of Ontario-based DelFrescoPure, ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op In a legal showdown between Big Booze and Big Bud, French liqueur manufacturer Rémy Cointreau has filed a lawsuit against Canadian cannabis giant Canopy Growth. According to a report by Thomson Reuters, the complaint filed last week in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York contends that Canopy’s line of ...