Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op At least two cannabis retailers wasted little time in assuring customers that they would be open for business — at least in terms of delivery and curb-side pick-up — in light of Ontario’s ordering a COVID-19 lockdown in parts of the province. Measures and restrictions, including business closures, have been implemented for Toronto and ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Brazilian researchers have found that using THC-rich cannabis oil can help to ease the symptoms and enhance the quality of life of fibromyalgia patients. Being one of the most common chronic pain syndromes, fibromyalgia affects more women than men and is characterized by musculoskeletal pain, extreme fatigue and sleep and/or mood disorders. In Brazil, ...

Article by Coleman Molnar, Leafly The move towards a farm-to-table system in Canada’s legal cannabis sector is gaining momentum. In Alberta, growers are joining those in B.C. and Ontario in pushing for the right to provide customers the opportunity to purchase and sample the product right where it’s grown. It’s not hard to imagine a future where people can tour ...

Article by Sarah Leamon, Cannabis Life Network Vancouver has made a big step forward in the possible decriminalization of drugs with Vancouver‘s Mayor decriminalization plan. Last week, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart announced the cities intention to seek leave from the federal government to approve a plan to decriminalize simple possession of illicit drugs within city limits.  Stewart described these types of offenses as a health ...

Article by Gord Howard, St Catharines Standard A notice taped to a papered-over window in a closed-up coffee shop caught Calvin Poon’s eye recently. It told him a cannabis store is being planned 20 metres from his front door. “We’re pretty shocked,” said Poon, who lives on Pelham Road in St. Catharines. “It’s a residential area, right beside it there ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Ontario will allow cannabis retailers to provide curbside pickup and delivery services in regions impacted by upcoming provincial lockdowns, the province’s attorney general said Friday. Cannabis retailers were briefly allowed to provide delivery services in April during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that was rescinded three months later. However, with Toronto and Peel Regions ...

Article by Debra Borchardt, Green Market Report The number of cases of COVID-19 has spiked in the province of Ontario causing new lockdown orders. It was reported that more than 1,400 new coronavirus cases had been recorded in Ontario on Friday. Toronto has been the hot zone for the latest outbreak as the city broke its record for new infections ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op A new study from the medical division of Canopy Growth Corp., Spectrum Therapeutics, has found that long-term CBD consumption could provide some benefits later in life, at least in worms. The study, which was undertaken with Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worms, attempted to shed light on the potential long-term impacts of CBD use. Using the worm models, ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Canada-based cannabis operator Liberty Health Sciences said it agreed to settle a 2019 securities fraud class action lawsuit for $1.8 million. The settlement is “made without any admission or finding of liability and is subject to court approval,” Liberty Health noted in a news release. Liberty Health is based in Toronto but has a vertically integrated ...

Article by Cision Newswire Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. (“FFHC”) (TSX: FAF) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Fire & Flower Inc. (“Fire & Flower” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce that its stores will once again offer free best-in-class home delivery and curbside pick-up to safely and responsibly service its customers during the newly-mandated Toronto and Peel region lockdown in the Province of Ontario. Beginning Monday, November ...