Article by James Jackson, Waterloo Region Record There are still hours to go before the province holds a second lottery to allocate dozens of new retail cannabis stores across Ontario. And retail cannabis experts are already lining up and eager to help anyone who might win the right to set up shop in Waterloo Region, which was shut out during ...

Article by CityNews CannTrust Holdings Inc. says the Ontario Cannabis Store is returning all of the company’s products it has because they do not conform with the terms of its master cannabis supply agreement. The company says the total value of the products is about $2.9 million. The move by the provincial retailer comes as CannTrust faces problems with Health ...

Article by Harrison Jordan, Leafly A number of Canadian cannabis purchasers—including an editor here at Leafly Canada—claim to have opened sealed containers of legally-purchased cannabis only to find that they were completely empty. An online search finds that this problem has apparently arisen a handful of times, with some individuals posting their disappointment on TheOCS subreddit on the popular link-sharing site Reddit. ...

Article by Ashley Keenan, Growth Op Edibles are piquing the interest of non-cannabis consumers, appearing to be a potential gateway into a new consumer market, suggest new survey results. With cannabis legalization 2.0 around the corner—involving commercial cannabis-infused edibles, beverages, concentrates and topicals—the new figures from EY Canada and Lift & Co. are timely, indeed. The survey explored consumer habits and ...

Article by Cision Newswire The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (the “Company” or “TGOD”) (TSX:TGOD) (US:TGODF), a leading producer of premium certified organic cannabis, is pleased to announce that it has completed its inaugural shipment to the Ontario Cannabis Store, marking the Company’s entrance into Canada’s recreational market. Ontario consumers will soon be able to experience TGOD’s acclaimed Unite Organic dried flower, the Company’s high ...

Article by Meghan McCabe, CBC News As the doorbell at Thomas H. Clarke’s independent legal cannabis shop goes non-stop, its owner laments its looming closure. “I did $1.4 million in sales, which is the highest sales of any retailer in Newfoundland, as far as I know. And I’m just barely scraping by,” Clarke said Thursday. Nearly a year into legalization, ...

Article by Kraig Krause, Global News The Government of Ontario rolled out its list of eight First Nation communities who applied for the first come, first serve cannabis licence. On July 3rd, the second provincial cannabis retail lottery was announced, this time providing 42 licences to private companies, and 8 to First Nations reserves. Now, the Alcohol Gaming Commission of ...

Article by Tara Bradbury, The Western Star When he sentenced Stephen Parsley to a year in prison this week for possessing marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, there was an issue provincial court Judge James Walsh refused to touch. Parsley, 32, is licenced by Health Canada to grow cannabis for health reasons. Once he was convicted – after having been ...

Article by Global News Six months after Canada legalized marijuana for recreational use more than 40 per cent of Canadians who said they used pot still bought it from illegal sources, a new Statistics Canada report shows. The agency issued results from its latest National Cannabis Survey Thursday, which it is conducting every three months to get a sense of cannabis use ...

Article by Reuters via Financial Post Canadian pot grower CannTrust Holdings on Thursday said that the sale of over half of its stock of cannabis and around a quarter of its plants had been suspended following the discovery of unlicensed cultivation at its facilities. Regulator Health Canada last month found unlicensed cultivation in five rooms at a CannTrust facility. Health ...