Article by Peter Smith, Daily Hive When Canada announced the legalization of recreational cannabis, money from inside and outside of the country flowed into the industry. Valuations went (way) up, and companies tried to guess at what regulations and demand would look like. It was touted as Canada’s chance to pull ahead of America’s piecemeal state legalization with a unified ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily The federal portion of Canada’s cannabis excise duty amounted to 32 million Canadian dollars ($23.7 million) from April 2019 through March 2020, according to new figures from the country’s finance department. Although the cannabis tax revenue represents only a tiny fraction of the Canadian government’s total revenues for the period (CA$334.3 billion), it illustrates growth ...

Article by Renfrew Today The OPP has charged three individuals from Petawawa after executing a warrant for an illegal online cannabis service. Officers seized marijuana, shatter, cannabis resin, psilocybin and cannabis edibles. Also seized was a large quantity of money. Police estimate the total value of seized cannabis and related illicit products was over $155,000. Also seized was approximately $75,000 ...

Article by CBC News The Ontario Provincial Police raided cannabis shops on the edge of Oneida Nation of the Thames territory without authorization from the chief and council. This led to a protest by store owners that has forced politicians and administrative staff from their offices. The cannabis stores are located at 6355 Carriage Road in Middlesex Centre and not on ...

Article by Science X A multidisciplinary team from the University of Toronto, with experts from the Faculty of Dentistry and the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health have been awarded a five year, $1.5 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to study the impact of cannabis use on the oral ...

Article by Joey Coleman, The Public Record Hamilton City Council passed a by-law in September 2018 requiring all new or expanding cannabis growing operations in the rural area to have a 150 metre setback from neighbouring properties. The by-law was appealed by three cannabis growers. Two withdrew their appeals after reaching agreements with the City of Hamilton. Red Hill Cannabis ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Aurora Cannabis is disposing of another investment for a large loss. The Alberta company said it is unloading its 23% stake in Alcanna, one of the largest retailers of alcohol and cannabis in North America. Alcanna and Aurora entered into an agreement with a group of underwriters who agreed to purchase all the common shares the cannabis ...

Article by Marissa Lentz, Peterborough Examiner Peterborough County council has denied a request from Peterborough Police to share the funds the county received from the provincial government to help with costs from the legalization or marijuana. In 2019, the county received $125,123 from the Ontario Cannabis Legalization Implementation Funds. Each individual township also received individual funding. The money was provided ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, London Free Press Police raided a half-dozen black market cannabis dispensaries on the outskirts of an Indigenous community southwest of London Thursday. Members of the OPP joint forces cannabis enforcement team searched six illegal pot shops on Carriage Road in Middlesex Centre at the request of officials from the Oneida of the Thames First Nation, police ...

Article by Daina Goldfinger, Global News A 31-year-old from Barrie, Ont., has been charged after fleeing from police in northern Ontario, Manitoulin OPP say. On Monday, Manitoulin OPP say they were called to investigate a theft from the Nairn Centre Esso in Nairn and Hyman Township. After fleeing from police on a local road, OPP, the Anishnawbek Police Service and the Greater ...