Article by Bryan Myers, Independent Free Press Halton Hills’ first cannabis retailer has been authorized to open, just a day after the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) added a fifth retail application to the area. Grand Cannabis, based in Dunnville, has been authorized to open as of Jan. 12. The new store will be located at 374 Guelph St. ...

Article by Jeff Lagerquist, Yahoo! Finance Aurora Cannabis (ACB.TO)(ACB) said it’s consulting with security experts and authorities as a hacker solicits online bids for data allegedly belonging to the Canadian pot company. The data appears to include copies of passports, driver’s licences, credit card information and other business documents. A Jan. 7 post on an online marketplace for hacked databases ...

Article by David Rider, Toronto Star After years of controversy and closed restaurants at Ashbridge’s Bay, Tuggs Inc. wants to put a cannabis shop on prime beachfront land leased from the city of Toronto. The city has warned Tuggs owner George Foulidis that his planned sublease of a storefront to Miss Jones Cannabis violates the terms of his lease with the city. ...

Article by CTV News London London police along with the OPP Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at 1490 North Routledge Park in northwest London Monday. Police say the warrant was executed under the cannabis act. Police were unable to comment on what specifically was seized. Four people are facing charges. Read the full article here.

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema has a new vision for the city once tourism resumes. Halsema, who began serving a six-year term as mayor in 2018, has put forward a proposal that would ban tourists from visiting the city’s cannabis coffee shops, reports CNN. In a letter dated January 8, Halsema lays out her proposal, which ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, London Free Press One truck was packed with pot, another was loaded with pizzas. That was the scene outside a northwest London industrial building where police raided a marijuana-growing operation Monday, arresting four people and seizing a large amount of cannabis. A small front-end loader carrying pot plants could be seen coming and going from the ...

Article by Tanya Mok, BlogTO Complaints have arisen once again about the large influx of weed stores trying to open up in Toronto’s Riverside neighbourhood. For the past several months, the stretch of Queen East around Broadview Avenue has become the site of some serious cannabis clustering: when a number dispensaries open (or apply for authorization) in close proximity to one ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op A U.S. study found that over half of patients who use medical marijuana for chronic pain had withdrawal systems during even short consumption breaks, a situation that could up the chance of developing cannabis use disorder (CUD) and that demands people better understand signs of withdrawal. Published in Addiction, researchers report the patients “experience clusters ...

Article by Gord Bacon, IHeartRadio Five people face charges after a drug bust in Leamington. An investigation launched by Essex County OPP resulted in several arrests on Fox Street in Leamington Thursday. According to police, the bust in turned up $28,000 in cocaine and illicit cannabis. Read the full article here.

Article by Josh Boyce, Blackburn News The first of many proposed cannabis stores in Sarnia-Lambton has been approved and is now open. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) website says The Bend Cannabis Company has been authorized to operate at 19 Main Street W in Grand Bend. It’s the only application approved in Lambton County so far, according to the website. Another application ...