Article by New Kerala VICTORIA: Shelter Craft Collective, a division of 1193269 BC Ltd., doing business as Shelter Cannabis (Shelter) is proud to announce that North 40 Cannabis (North 40) was made available to retailers in Saskatchewan today. North 40 is Canada’s first licensed micro-cultivator and processor. Based in Saskatchewan, the small family run grow with over thirty years of ...

Article by Anisha Dhiman, London Free Press This year was supposed to be the ultimate year for holidays before the coronavirus outbreak ruined best-laid plans. . Halloween is going to be on a Saturday; Christmas on a Friday. And for the cannabis lovers, 4/20 is being celebrated for  the entire month of April. . April 20, best known as 4/20, ...

Article by Lauren O’Neil, BlogTO When all else fails: big concrete blocks. It’s the Toronto way! Toronto Mayor John Tory confirmed during his daily press conference on Thursday afternoon that, as rumoured, his team will be making use of the city’s most-notorious giant cement bricks to help fight the spread of COVID-19. The blocks, which rose to fame last spring after being ...

Article by Adrienne Tanner, MacLean’s Magazine In February, weeks before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and the stock market was sent into a tailspin, a handful of Canada’s largest cannabis companies were already in layoff mode. In B.C., Canopy Growth was preparing to shutter what was once the world’s largest licensed indoor growing operation, a sprawling 12-hectare greenhouse facility in ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op What began as an historic union drive last month between WeedMD and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) has morphed into a dispute about worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to individuals involved in the dispute. Kevin Shimmin, UFCW national representative, says efforts to unionize production staff began after workers contacted UFCW about health and ...

Article by Gary Greenberg, New York Times The retail showroom of INSA, a farm-to-bong cannabis company in western Massachusetts, is a clean industrial space on the first floor of a four-story brick building in the old mill town Easthampton. When I visited recently, before the coronavirus shut down recreational sales and forbade crowds, the crew of eight behind the glass ...

Article by Jessica Owen, Orillia Matters A new cannabis shop could be coming to downtown Orillia. According to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) website, an application is under review to allow a retail cannabis company to set up shop at 81 Mississaga St., in the former Lucky Devil Piercing and Tattoo Shop location in Orillia’s downtown. The ...

Article by Jameson Berkow, National Post Cannabis has long been considered essential by its consumers, but the COVID-19 crisis made that status official. Allowing legal cannabis businesses to continue operating amid the shutdown has created a unique opportunity for them. Housebound and largely separated from their usual illicit suppliers, cannabis consumers are finally ripe to be brought into the new ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Grow Op Canadian comedian Rick Mercer has some advice during the coronavirus outbreak: Stop looking for loopholes and please, please stop being stupid. Speaking from his home, rather than the familiar graffiti alley in downtown Toronto, Mercer unleashed yet another inspired rant during Tuesday’s edition of CBC’s The National. “Yesterday, I saw a group of people walking down the street ...

Article by Peterborough Examiner Customers were kept at the two-metre physical distancing and staff members wore personal protective equipment as Peterborough’s first licensed marijuana shop opened its doors for the first time on Wednesday. Under the Ontario government’s state of emergency, licensed marijuana stores have been deemed an essential service and can stay open by following the province’s guidelines. Huge Shops won ...