Article by Joesph Hall, Toronto Star On a slate-grey Friday afternoon, the snow drifting through the Lakeport Cemetery is the liveliest thing in sight around this Northumberland County hamlet. … And the business that’s emerging in the former canning plant has many in Lakeport angry that it will change the nature of the hamlet. “They’re going to put a cannabis ...

Article by Toronto CityNews New statistics show the number of cannabis confiscations at the Canadian border increased more than 60 per cent year-over-year in the first six weeks after pot legalization. The Canada Border Services Agency is linking the rise to the fact it began asking people last fall whether they were bringing cannabis into the country. The border agency ...

Article by Benefits Canada  Two-thirds (65 per cent) of Canadians would take a drug containing cannabis if it were prescribed by a doctor, approved by Health Canada and covered by insurance, according to a new Ipsos poll. Among the 65 per cent, 36 per cent said they’re very willing and 29 per cent said they’re somewhat willing to do so. Men (69 per ...

Article by Danielle Edwards, CTV News Long-awaited legislation that makes getting a pardon for simple possession of cannabis cheaper and quicker made it to the House of Commons Friday, but critics say it won’t be enough to right decades of problems caused by cannabis criminalization. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said his new bill would waive the $631 application fee ...

Article by Sean Williams, The Motley Fool Following an abysmal fourth quarter, pot stocks are once again on fire to begin 2019. In January, 15 of about four dozen marijuana stocks shot higher by at least 50%, and the most widely followed cannabis exchange-traded fund, the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF, was up again (albeit by a lesser amount than January) in ...

Article by Allan Maki, Globe and Mail The National Hockey League Alumni Association is offering “hope and help” to its ailing members through a clinical research initiative that includes diagnosis, treatment and the use of cannabinoids [CBD] for pain management. NHLAA executive director Glenn Healy will unveil the program Saturday in Toronto and has called it “the most ambitious project ...

Article by Manisha Krishnan and Randy Robinson, Vice News Canada has proceeded with an abundance of caution when it comes to legalizing cannabis—and that approach is clear in its packaging regulations. The government’s primary goal, it seems, is to avoid making weed accessible/appealing to young people. As such, the packaging requirements for cannabis are even stricter than the rules for alcohol, despite ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Leaf News Legal, commercial outdoor cannabis farms are coming to Canada, possibly as soon as this year. So far, not a single Canadian cannabis company has received a government licence to cultivate outdoors, according to information provided by Health Canada. But as of January 31, the federal cannabis regulator was processing 172 cannabis cultivation licence applications ...

Article by CBC News York police have charged a Vaughan man with drug-related offences and shut down a warehouse in Toronto that was allegedly being used to supply an illicit dispensary in the city with various cannabis products, including edibles. According to Const. Andy Pattenden, the accused — a 42-year-old man from Vaughan — was under surveillance by York police, who suspected him of dealing ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, The GrowthOp A mix of trust and practicality could convince surveyed Canadians to try pharmaceutical drugs containing cannabis, with 65 percent of respondents to a recent Ipsos poll saying they would be willing if prescribed by a doctor, approved by Health Canada and covered by public or private insurance. More specifically, 36 percent of respondents say ...