Article by Charlie Smith, The Georgia Straight Health Canada has unveiled its latest measure to monitor the pot market. A new cannabis tracking system will be introduced to ensure that legal cannabis doesn’t end up in the illegal market. According to the government, it will also prevent illegal weed from being sold through legal means. “We have been clear about our ...

Article by Ross Marowits, CTV News Cronos Group Inc.’s shares lost 28 per cent of their value Thursday after a U.S. short-seller accused the cannabis company of withholding information that could be useful to investors. The Toronto-based company’s stock ended the day at $11.77 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, down $4.60 or 28 per cent, eliminating about a week’s worth of ...

Article by Andrew Dreschel, Hamilton Spectator Get ready for a new hot button municipal election issue. It turns out one of the first decisions the new Hamilton council elected in October will need to make is whether or not to opt out of the Ontario government’s plan to sell marijuana through local stores. That’s the message city licensing director Ken Leendertse recently ...

Article by Carolina Wilson and Kristine Owram, Bloomberg News U.S. investors are piling into an exchange-traded fund that tracks the Canadian pot industry as the country moves toward legalization and liquor producers show growing interest in selling pot. The U.S.-listed US$436 million ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF, known by its ticker MJ, has taken in about US$22 million in August, putting it ...

Article by Adam Carter, CBC News There’ll be grass on the field at Players Paradise this winter — but definitely no kids playing ball. The Stoney Creek sports complex has been sold to a marijuana producer. “Players Paradise was approached by a real estate investment firm who has partnered with Green Relief, a medical cannabis company,” said Cheryl Willberg, spokesperson for Players Paradise. “They ...

Article by Mike O, Cannabis Life Network With cannabis legalization fast approaching, one big question hangs heavy in the air: What happens to the half a million Canadians with simple possession convictions once it is legalized? That’s where the Cannabis Amnesty campaign comes in- it fights to right the historical wrongs of cannabis prohibition through education and advocacy. Earlier today, licensed producer ...

Article by CBC News Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is giving the green light to a new roadside test to check for drugs. On Monday, Wilson-Raybould approved the Drager DrugTest 5000 as the first saliva screening equipment to be used by law enforcement to test for THC, the main psychoactive agent in cannabis. The equipment will now be made available to ...

Article by Bill Graveland, CityNews The city of Calgary is gathering input from its citizens over the next couple of weeks on proposed sites where people would be allowed to consume marijuana in public. The city has a population of almost 1.3 million people and the public sites are considered necessary because landlord and tenant agreements, condo bylaws and hotel ...

Article byJosh Dehaas, CTV News Students looking to legally light up joints or relax with a pot brownie after mid-terms this year might be in for a surprise. Universities are just starting to release details of their cannabis policies, and some plan to ban the smoking of marijuana and the consumption of edible cannabis even after it becomes legal on October ...

Written by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca. This past weekend (August 25-26) The Diamond Cup held their first cannabis cup. The event was in downtown Toronto, at a popular venue for cannabis events, 1305 Dundas West. The organizers decorated the space with tents for vendors, a stage for the award ceremony & performance, and a VIP section in the back. The vendors ...