Article by Tanya Mok, Blog TO Superette is an Ottawa-based cannabis store chain selling flower, pre-rolls, vapes, edibles and accessories. Sitting somewhere between a supermarket and a retro malt shop, the Superette brand tries to make shopping for weed as ordinary as grabbing a milk carton from the corner store. A visit to the sprawling Summerhill flagship in Toronto is definitely more fun than a routine ...

Article by Ian Hamilton, The Conversation Musicians and artists have long used cannabis to enhance their creativity. But how does the drug affect more conventional nine-to-five jobs? With cannabis now legal in more places, including Canada and several US states, research is being carried out into how it affects people’s productivity at work. A recent paper found that using the drug after ...

Article by Nebal Snan, Chronicle Herald New research from Dalhousie University has found that, on average, participants who engaged in strict self-isolation at the onset of the pandemic consumed 20 per cent more cannabis compared to those who didn’t. The study was led by doctoral student Sara Bartel and her supervisors Simon Sherry, and Sherry Stewart, who are researchers at ...

Article by Malak Abas, Winnipeg Free Press A Manitoba man plans a constitutional challenge that says the province needs to catch up with the rest of Canada and legalize at-home cannabis production. Jesse Lavoie, who works within the cannabis industry through the Ontario-based company Canopy Growth, said he was annoyed at first by the decision from the province to override ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Canadian household spending on legal cannabis in the second quarter of the year outpaced the illicit market for the first time, marking a significant milestone for the licensed pot industry. Statistics Canada said Friday that Canadian household spending on recreational cannabis reached $648 million in the second quarter of 2020, an increase of 74 ...

Article by Moira Wyton, The Tyee via Niagara Falls Review Four years ago, Scarlett Nelson was sent into a panic when she learned she was pregnant. But the unexpected news gave her the motivation to stop injecting meth and heroin before her baby was born. So Nelson turned to the support that helped her stay in recovery for more than ...

Article by Orillia Matters Canopy Growth Corp. says it will open its first retail cannabis stores in Alberta. The Ontario-based company says it’s set to open 10 stores under the Tweed and Tokyo Smoke banners and has additional locations in the pipeline. The stores, which are to open over the next week, include seven locations in Calgary, one each in ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Marijuana Business Daily Nearly 40% of Newfoundland and Labrador’s licensed cannabis retailers have been shut down as the result of a labor action that appears to be the first-ever strike to affect a significant chain of regulated marijuana stores in Canada. Ten C-Shop cannabis stores have shut their doors during the strike by Dominion grocery store ...

Article by Elisha Dacey, Global News So, you’ve decided to grow your own pot legally while you wait for the laws in Manitoba to change. But guess what — it’s not that easy. Thursday, Manitoba man Jesse Lavoie filed a constitutional challenge against the province in hopes of removing the ban on growing pot without a medical cannabis licence. The Manitoba government declined to comment. ...

Article by BNN Bloomberg Flowr reports $5.4M net loss in Q2, revenues up 6% to $2.3M  Toronto-based cannabis producer Flowr Corp. reported a $5.4 million net loss in its second quarter on Wednesday, compared to a profit of $11.2 million a year earlier. The losses come as the company reported higher impairment and finance costs in the three-month period, Flowr said in its MD&A ...