Article by Noor Ibrahim, Global News Two Toronto individuals are facing charges following a cannabis bust on Sept 1. at a rural property in the Municipality of Trent Hills, where police reportedly seized almost $870,000 worth of cannabis plants. According to OPP, members of the Northumberland and Peterborough Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), along with members of the OPP, executed the ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op A raid by the Ontario Provincial Police on an illicit cannabis site in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario last week yielded more than 15,000 cannabis plants. According to police, the raid was carried out as part of an ongoing investigation into the cultivation of illicit cannabis. Members of the Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton Highlands ...

Article by Financial Post Retailer mīhī cannabis (“mīhī” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that its Burlington, Ontario store will be open for business starting tomorrow, September 2 at 10 a.m. ET. The store’s grand opening will follow next week on Saturday, September 12, 2020. The store was created with an element of discovery in mind where people can ...

Article by Linda Carroll, NBC News Marijuana use is on the rise among baby boomers in the United States, especially men, according to a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The findings appear to reflect changing attitudes toward cannabis across the country, study co-author Bill Jesdale, an assistant professor of population and quantitative health science at the University ...

Article by Evelyn Harford, Smiths Falls Record News Smiths Falls could be home to three new cannabis stores. ShinyBud Cannabis Co. has applied to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) to open a store at 8 Beckwith St. N. – the latest company to apply to open a cannabis retail store in town. ShinyBud’s application is currently undergoing public notice. Residents ...

Article by Renfrew Today The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has received applications for legal cannabis stores in Renfrew and Arnprior. The pot shop in Arnprior is planned along Elgin Street West with the name Arnprior Cannabis. The status of the application remains in progress. In Renfrew an application has been submitted for T Cannabis on Raglan Street. ...

Article by Cision Newswire Meta Growth Corp. (TSXV: META) (“Meta Growth”, “META” or the “Company”), a leading Canadian recreational cannabis retailer, today announced the closure of the previously announced sale of its 378 Yonge Street, Toronto cannabis retail store. As previously announced on August 27, 2020, Meta Growth made the decision to divest the 378 Yonge Street store on the back of the Company’s ...

Article by Mary Sauer, Fresh Toast via Canada.com Some women would prefer a more discreet method for using marijuana. If we’re perfectly honest, the smell of smoking cannabis can feel like a little much for certain circumstances. Although there are many options out there, a trip to a dispensary can be downright overwhelming if you’re not certain what you’re looking ...

Article by Joseph Quesnel, The Chronicle Herald A Winnipeg-area Indigenous entrepreneur might hold the key to Indigenous peoples controlling their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Josh Giesbrecht is president and co-founder of Exchange PPE, a new business-to-business venture that distributes personal protective equipment (PPE) to Indigenous businesses, non-governmental organizations, and First Nations within Canada and the U.S. While the company ...

Article by Jayson Derrick , Benzinga  The growth of physical retail space in the Canadian cannabis space remains inconsistent, but it is still moving in the right direction, BofA Securities said in a note. The Analyst: Bryan Spillane details findings of the research firm’s bi-weekly Canada cannabis retail store tracker. The Thesis: Throughout August, the cannabis industry added 46 stores across Canada, bringing its total count ...