Article by Natasha Philpott, Bradford Today In the town’s virtual council meeting on Tuesday night, a recommendation was passed to support the City of Hamilton’s letter, asking the Provincial government to extend authority to municipalities that would allow them to enforce odor and lighting nuisance complaints against licensed and unlicensed cannabis cultivations within their jurisdictions. Council endorsed the letter addressed to Minister of ...

Article by Reka Szekely, Oshawa This Week A surge of cannabis retail store applications means there could be as many as six new cannabis stores in Oshawa. Currently there is one store in the city, Tokyo Smoke located on Laval Drive. An application for a Friendly Stranger store at 204 Ritson Rd. N., in the Costco plaza, has been in the ...

Article by Erika Engel, Collingwood Today The province’s online weed store is waiving delivery charges during the pandemic in the interest of making an essential service more accessible. Ontario Cannabis Store announced this week it would be offering free delivery, with direct-to-door delivery options for select postal codes in Southern Ontario. The provincial government declared the Ontario Cannabis Store (ocs.ca) an essential ...

Article by Peter Smith, Daily Hive Hobo Cannabis Company opened a new location in downtown Toronto on Friday, marking the brand’s first brick-and-mortar location in the city. Located at 330 Yonge Street, customers will be able to purchase cannabis in-store via pre-order and pickup or using its free, same-day home delivery service. The cannabis retailer said in a release that this store could ...

Article by Steph Crosier, Kingston Whig-Standard Three people from Quebec have been charged by Ontario Provincial Police after they were stopped in their SUV on Highway 401 a week ago. On the afternoon of May 15, the SUV was stopped in Loyalist Township as it was being driven east. Staff Sgt. Chris Watkins said the vehicle was stopped because the ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Canadian cannabis sales soared in March as consumers stocked up on recreational pot amid supply concerns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics Canada said Friday Canadians bought $181 million worth of cannabis in March, up 19.2 per cent from the prior month, marking one of the biggest monthly jumps since recreational pot was legalized ...

Article by Sault Online Sessions Cannabis (Sessions) has become the fastest growing cannabis retail brand in Ontario with expansion plans that will see 30 new stores opening across Ontario this year including their upcoming Sault Ste. Marie location. Sessions in the Soo storefront will be conveniently located at 216 Second Line West, across from Tim Horton’s and beside Subway. Sessions ...

Article by CBC News A 42-year-old Thunder Bay woman is facing charges over allegedly running an illegal pot store in the city. Police said officers executed a search warrant on Wednesday at a Georgina Bay residence. The home appeared to have been used as an illegal store, selling cannabis products, including edibles. A number of items were seized, and the ...

Article by Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner New research shows a strain of cannabis may have a therapeutic effect on coronavirus patients. Scientists at the University of Lethbridge in Canada have gathered preliminary data that show strong strains of medical marijuana can affect ACE2 pathways, a key receptor that the coronavirus hijacks to infect humans with COVID-19. “We were totally stunned ...

Article by Windsorite Two people are facing charges after a traffic stop in Chatham-Kent. OPP say that around 7:45pm on May 19th, 2020, an officer was conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 401 near Orford Road, when they observed a westbound motor vehicle traveling in excess of 150 km/h in a posted 100 km/h zone. The vehicle was stopped and while ...