Article by Market Wired Cura-Can Health Corp. (“Cura-Can” or the “Company“), a private, federally incorporated company, is pleased to announce that it has acquired 9398252 Canada Inc., operating as Lift Resource Centre (“LRC“), pursuant to a share exchange agreement under which Cura-Can issued an aggregate of 450,000 Class A shares as consideration for all of the issued and outstanding shares ...

Article by Jon Hiltz, Marijuana.com The fight for insurance companies in Canada to cover medical marijuana continues with the help of a pot industry giant. Alberta-based Aurora Cannabis has agreed to bankroll a legal battle in Nova Scotia. This confrontation is in support of a man who won the right to have his cannabis prescription coverage included in his insurance ...

Article by Josh Constine, Tech Crunch High Times, the most prestigious brand in pot, has been valued at $70 million in a deal that sees it selling a 60% majority stake for roughly $42 million to investment firm Oreva Capital. Originally a marijuana enthusiasts magazine founded in 1974, High Times has blossomed into a set up web properties and the Cannabis ...

Article by 420 Intel WeedMD Inc. (TSX-V:WMD) (“WeedMD” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has officially begun registering patients and fulfilling orders through its online store. The WeedMD team has passionately worked towards this goal for the past three years, and looks forward to meeting the rapidly growing demand for medical cannabis. Starting pre-registration in May, the Company was ...

Written by Brook, for Dankr.ca Excitement is building towards Toronto’s big summer cannabis judging festival, The 710 Cup. With just over a month until The 710 Cup kicks off and medical users can judge some of the finest cannabis products in Canada, companies are piling on board to ensure that they get their samples into the hands of the judges. ...

Article by Cecilia Keating, Lift News The National Indigenous Medical Cannabis Association (NIMCA) advocates for indigenous rights in relation to medical and recreational cannabis. The association’s mandate is broad, from putting pressure on the government to adjust the proposed Cannabis Act, to providing a forum for indigenous producers and retailers and encouraging indigenous self-regulation and determination on the issue. According ...

Article by Solomon Israel, CBC News The winds of change are blowing through employee benefit plans across Canada, and they smell like weed. Benefits industry insider Mike Sullivan caught a whiff at a recent meeting with some of his clients, who represent private companies with benefit plans that cover about three million Canadian workers across a range of industries. “This group that was in attendance, the ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News Conservatives in the House of Commons expressed skepticism today with the Liberals’ proposed Cannabis Act, Bill C-45. The bill received a second reading in the House of Commons today. During the reading, Conservative MP Rob Nicholson proposed an amendment to decline a second reading of the bill because of the inclusion in the bill ...

Article by Scott Johnstone, Lift News In the wake of the Cannabis Act announcement many of Canada’s licensed producers are considering expansion into the domestic recreational market, but Vancouver-based Aurora Cannabis has set their sights on bigger game. In one of the first deals of its kind, a Canadian cannabis producer has announced the acquisition of German cannabis firm Pedanios ...

Article by Matt Young, CTV News A majority of Saskatchewan residents support the legalization of marijuana,according to a new poll by Insightrix Research. Just over 58 per cent of respondents either somewhat or strongly agree with cannabis legalization. Nearly 40 per cent oppose the legalization, while almost two per cent preferred not to say. The poll surveyed 802 SaskWatch Research ...