Article by Kingstonist Nearly two thousand cannabis plants were seized by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) in Tyendinaga Township, according to an OPP media release dated Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. CSCU officers, along with members of the Lennox and Addington OPP Detachment, OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and OPP Emergency ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Earlier this week, the OPP, along with members of the Northumberland and Peterborough Community Street Crime Unit, seized 870 cannabis plants from a property in the area of Trent Hills Ont. The police allege the value of the cannabis is $870,000, reports Global News. Two men from Toronto have been charged. The OPP seems to ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Cannabis producer Canopy Growth has implemented more layoffs, this time at its operation in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the company confirmed. “Canopy Growth did conduct a number of layoffs in Niagara-on-the-Lake as a part of the larger restructuring efforts outlined by the company earlier this year,” said Jordan Sinclair, vice president of communications for the Smiths Falls, ...

Article by BNN Bloomberg MediPharm Labs taps Peru as next frontier in new global supply deal  Barrie, Ont.-based cannabis extraction firm MediPharm Labs said Thursday it plans to enter the Latin American medical marijuana market after striking a supply deal with a Peruvian company. MediPharm said it will supply cannabis oil to Cann Farm Peru under a one-year renewable agreement, its first such agreement in ...

Article by CityNews The group that oversees bottle depots in Alberta says people should be allowed to drop off cannabis containers and get a small refund just as they do for bottles and cans. The Alberta Bottle Depot Association says paying a deposit on the containers and having it returned at dropoff would help divert plastic from landfills and stabilize declines in ...

Article by Scott Dunn, St. Thomas Times-Journal Staff are getting ready to open Capturing Eden, Owen Sound’s first recreational marijuana shop, on Saturday. When it does open, it could be the first pot shop to open legally in Grey-Bruce, other than those at Saugeen First Nation, where they’re operating in what has been described as a grey area of the law. ...

Article by James Culic, Port Colborne Leader A proposal has been submitted to turn an abandoned KFC on King Street into Port Colborne’s first cannabis retail outlet. The building, which has been on the seller’s block for a few years, was purchased earlier this summer. This week, notice was given by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, which oversees ...

Article by Marg. Bruineman, Collingwood Today Residue from the fallout of the country’s largest indoor marijuana bust still lingers. A $16.5-million civil suit launched by the former owner of Barrie’s defunct Molson brewery, where the clandestine grow operation was discovered in 2004, is being challenged by the Attorney General of Canada in the Ontario Court of Appeal today. “The Crown unsuccessfully sought summary ...

Article by CBC News The Alberta Bottle Depot Association is pushing the province to have a deposit placed on cannabis packaging in a bid to keep more single-use plastic out of landfills. When cannabis was legalized nearly two years ago, federal regulations created stringent requirements for packaging, but, as many consumers have observed, the rules made for a great deal of cast-off ...

Article by Sam Riches, Canada.com Terpenes are a hot topic in the world of cannabis. More than 100 varieties of terpenes, the fragrant oils that give the plant its smell, have been identified in cannabis. They originate in the flower’s resin glands, alongside THC and CBD, but they are not unique to cannabis. Terpenes are abundant in many fruits and plants. ...