Article by Christy Somos, CTV News Researchers at the University of Guelph have unlocked the process of manufacturing two pain-relieving molecules in cannabis that are said to be nearly 30 times more powerful than aspirin. The study, published in the August 2019 volume of Phytochemistry, had professors Tariq Akhtar and Steven Rothstein use biochemistry and genomics to determine how cannabis makes the ...

Article by Mike O, Cannabis Life Network CannTrust is the latest licensed producer to be found breaking the law by growing cannabis in unlicensed rooms. Because of that, CannTrust is facing a situation where they could lose their license, be fined up to a million dollars, cease existing as a company, have employees sent to prison, or all of the above. You can bet that CannTrust executives are praying ...

Article by Emerald Bensadoun, Global News Despite police raids, cement barriers blocking the entrance and arrests, a popular illegal dispensary chain continued selling products on Tuesday by moving its business outside. A small crowd formed outside one location of Cafe cannabis dispensary. Seven volunteers held signs, handed out water, and asked people to sign a petition for open cannabis access ...

Article by Sean Williams, The Motley Fool via Yahoo News The marijuana industry is expected to be a big-money business, and all eyes are on Canada. That’s because Canada became the first industrialized country in the world — and only the second country overall (behind Uruguay) — to legalize recreational marijuana this past October. In the grand scheme of things, ...

Article by Adria Vasil, Toronto Star If you pass the goats grazing on the hillside, you’ve missed it. Up a long country driveway at a ranch-style farm house in Ancaster, Ontario, there’s no sign telling visitors they’ve arrived at Canada’s largest licensed producer of organic cannabis. Just a badminton net. “We’re trying to give it a Google-type feel,” says co-founder ...

Article by Darcy Bear, Robert Gladstone and Scott McLeod, Globe and Mail The legal cannabis industry presents a historic and tangible opportunity for First Nations to create hundreds of jobs in our communities in a highly responsible way that will generate profits to fuel improvements in the quality of life, as well as create social and economic opportunities for Canada’s ...

Article by Armina Ligaya, CTV News The fate of CannTrust Holdings Inc. is in Health Canada’s hands after the cannabis company formally responded to the regulator’s finding that it was growing pot illegally at its Ontario greenhouse. The licensed producer said Monday it officially submitted its response to Health Canada and it awaits the regulator’s response, while an investigation into ...

Article by Charlie Pinkerton and Marco Vigliotti, iPolitics The federal government has approved a roadside drug tester that its manufacturer warns doesn’t work optimally in cooler temperatures common in many parts of Canada during the winter. Late last month, Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti published an order in the Canada Gazette authorizing police to use the SoToxa oral fluid collection ...

Article by CBC News Toronto police say they charged 18 people, including a 16-year-old boy, for selling cannabis outside of two locations of CAFE — a chain of illegal dispensaries that has continued operating despite the city’s repeated attempts to shut it down. Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said Monday that nine people were charged under the Cannabis Act and nine others under the Cannabis Control Act. Sidhu ...

Article by Dave Flaherty, Oshawa Express As Tom Petty once said, “The waiting is the hardest part.” This is likely how local residents wanting to buy cannabis in Oshawa have been feeling since April 1. That was the date cannabis retail stores could open their doors in Ontario, but for months, the approved store in Oshawa had yet to do ...