Article by Steph Crosier, Kingston Whig-Standard Ontario Provincial Police have charged four people from Newmarket, Colborne and two from North York in connection to an illegal marijuana grow operation. OPP said that police went to the property on Verona Sand Road on Monday after a member of the public reported a potential grow-op, Const. Aaron Miller said. The South Frontenac ...

Article by Gabby Rodrigues, Global News Toronto police say they have arrested six people in connection with a cannabis grow operation where officers seized 510 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $2.3 million. Police said they responded to complaints from residents in the Markham Road and McNicoll Avenue area at around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Officers say they found evidence of a marijuana ...

Article by Irelyne Lavery, Daily Hive Toronto’s Beaches is home to a new cannabis store. The Neighbourhood Joint (TNJ)announced the opening of their first cannabis retail location right in the heart of the Beaches. TNJ’s new store, located at 1987 Queen Street East, will focus on cannabis education and sell products with an emphasis on organic and sustainable cannabis. The company ...

Article Harriette Halepis, TRNTO The popular Toronto-based cannabis retailer, Superette, officially opened the doors to its Toronto flagship store today at 1073 Yonge St. This comes after the brand’s successful launch in Ottawa. The brand is known as one of the first cannabis retailers to create an immersive purchasing space, but Superette is also known for its CEO Mimi Lam. Lam has ...

Article by Canada.com Canadian pot producer Aphria Inc. on Wednesday posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss and took impairment charges on some foreign assets, as coronavirus-related lockdowns disrupted tourism and supply chains. U.S.-listed shares of the company fell about 4 per cent in premarket trading. Lack of profitability has been a major concern for cannabis investors as companies have largely failed ...

Article by CBC News Thunder Bay police say they’re on track to break a record for the number of impaired driving charges laid by officers in a year. The previous record was set in 2019, when officers laid just over 200 impaired driving charges, said Thunder Bay police traffic Const. Mark Cattani. “We’re on pace for about 215, 220, somewhere ...

Article by Jeff Lagerquist, Yahoo Finance Canada Growing cannabis under the free rays of the sun costs a fraction of indoor or greenhouse cultivation. But outdoor producers have yet to sell millions worth of last year’s harvest, and at least one has slashed its expected selling price amid an oversupplied market. Indoor and greenhouse-grown pot make up the vast majority of ...

Article by Michael Erskine, Manitoulin Expositor Shortly after the owner and staff of The Red Market had packed up their product and called it a day, disaster struck the popular cannabis dispensary as a fire quickly took hold in the building, eventually completely destroying the building. The owner is convinced that the blaze was no accident, but the cause of ...

Article by Globe Newswire Superette Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary Superette Ontario Inc. (collectively, “Superette” or the “Company”), are pleased to announce the opening of its second cannabis store and its first cannabis store in Toronto, located at 1073 Yonge Street. Expanding on its overwhelming success in Ottawa, Superette is bringing its award-winning approach to cannabis retail and decades of traditional ...

Article by Brett Dworski, CSP In early July, Alimentation Couche-Tard and Canadian cannabis retailer Fire & Flower opened two Fire & Flower shops adjacent to Circle K stores in Grande Prairie and Calgary, Alberta. Now, CSP explores what went behind the partnership—and what this means for convenience retailers looking to invest in CBD and cannabis. On this episode of At Your Convenience, CSP editor Brett ...