Article by Codi Wilson, CP24 Suspects who allegedly used a helicopter to fly illegally grown cannabis across the Canada-U.S. border have been arrested following a 16-month joint investigation by the RCMP and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations. The RCMP said six search warrants were recently executed in the GTA and Quebec in connection with the investigation, resulting in the seizure of ...

Article by David Yasvinski, Regine Leader-Post Canada’s economy added 245,800 jobs in August but the cannabis industry remains on shaky ground. The country’s cannabis product manufacturing sector lost one-third of its jobs from the beginning of the year, according to Statistics Canada, a reduction from 3,483 positions in January to 2,282 in June. The dismal numbers have been fuelled by substantial ...

Article by Michelle Bilodeau, Regina Leader-Post This coming October, I’ll be completing my third half marathon — fingers crossed. Considering that I could barely run one kilometer when I first started jogging six years ago, I am pretty proud of myself. However, I am also self-aware enough to know that this journey has solely been to push my body and ...

Article by Darren MacDonald, CTV New An appeals court in Greater Sudbury ordered a new trial for a man convicted of sexual assault related to an incident when he worked at a cannabis clinic in the city. The man was working as a physician’s assistant at the clinic. He is qualified as a doctor in his country of origin, but ...

Article by Matthew Trevithick, Global News What began as a traffic stop for a motorist on a cellphone along Highway 401 ended with officers seizing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cannabis and cash, and two people charged, provincial police said Tuesday. It happened around 2:30 p.m. Friday along Highway 401 near Dorchester Road in Thames Centre. Details are ...

Article by Becky Garrison, Fresh Toast via Canada.com When recreational cannabis consumers in the U.S. examine the array of flower available at their local dispensary, they’ll notice that cannabis buds may have the same strain name and potency, but they look and smell differently. So how do they know which ones to buy? Outdoor-grown cannabis (outs) tends to have a ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, London Free Press A Southwestern Ontario pot producer’s termination of a worker who was organizing a union drive had a “chill” effect on the labour campaign, a complaint filed with a provincial tribunal alleges. The United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW), the union representing some production employees at WeedMD’s Strathroy operation, lodged the complaint under ...

Article by Ludvig Drevfjall, Thorold News Niagara Falls, Welland, and St Catharines are among a set of new locations that are now served by Ontario Cannabis Store’s express delivery system. As a result of the pandemic, Canada Post seized their home-delivery of weed, prompting customers in Niagara to pick up their online orders from the post office. Express delivery, carried out by ...

Article by Jelena Cikes, Green Camp Ontario is on pace to see 40 new pot shops licensed this fall as the province’s cannabis retail store regulator announced it is doubling the number of licenses it issues. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), responsible for regulating cannabis retail stores in the province, announced it will double store authorizations at ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Ninety per cent of rolling paper products tested by California’s SC Laboratories Inc. contained heavy metals and eight per cent of those exceeded allowable limits under the state’s inhalable cannabis requirements. The company analyzed more than 100 products purchased from Amazon and various retailers in Santa Cruz, Calif., according to Ganjapreneur. The overall analysis considered 70 ...