Article by Wayne Lowrie, Recorder & Times A budding local business has become the first in the region to open a retail pot store. But there is a catch. Completely Cannabis at 189 King St. W. in Brockville is licensed by Health Canada to sell medical cannabis only to patients with a doctor’s prescription. Tom Scott, manager of Completely Cannabis, ...

Article by Toronto Sun An illegal marijuana farm has been dismantled in Kawartha Lakes. Ontario Provincial Police say more than 15,000 cannabis plants were seized in the raid that took place on Thursday. Staff-Sgt. Carrie Lanning says the farm was located deep within a rural property and was not visible from public roads. Lanning says the layout of the farm ...

Article by Tanya Mok, Blog TO Superette is an Ottawa-based cannabis store chain selling flower, pre-rolls, vapes, edibles and accessories. Sitting somewhere between a supermarket and a retro malt shop, the Superette brand tries to make shopping for weed as ordinary as grabbing a milk carton from the corner store. A visit to the sprawling Summerhill flagship in Toronto is definitely more fun than a routine ...

Article by Ian Hamilton, The Conversation Musicians and artists have long used cannabis to enhance their creativity. But how does the drug affect more conventional nine-to-five jobs? With cannabis now legal in more places, including Canada and several US states, research is being carried out into how it affects people’s productivity at work. A recent paper found that using the drug after ...

Article by Nebal Snan, Chronicle Herald New research from Dalhousie University has found that, on average, participants who engaged in strict self-isolation at the onset of the pandemic consumed 20 per cent more cannabis compared to those who didn’t. The study was led by doctoral student Sara Bartel and her supervisors Simon Sherry, and Sherry Stewart, who are researchers at ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg Canadian household spending on legal cannabis in the second quarter of the year outpaced the illicit market for the first time, marking a significant milestone for the licensed pot industry. Statistics Canada said Friday that Canadian household spending on recreational cannabis reached $648 million in the second quarter of 2020, an increase of 74 ...

Article by Moira Wyton, The Tyee via Niagara Falls Review Four years ago, Scarlett Nelson was sent into a panic when she learned she was pregnant. But the unexpected news gave her the motivation to stop injecting meth and heroin before her baby was born. So Nelson turned to the support that helped her stay in recovery for more than ...

Article by Owen Sound Sun Times A Sauble Beach business has been raided by police and more than $62,000 in cannabis products and other related substances were seized. On Wednesday, just after noon, members of the Grey-Bruce OPP and Huron-Perth Community Street Crime Units, with assistance of the OPP Emergency Response Team, executed a search warrant at the business on ...

Article by Warren Bobrow, Forbes Founded by fourth-generation farmer, Marc Geen, SpeakEasy is built on the same agricultural principles of the family’s farming legacy. They are about to make history cultivating one of the largest outdoor cannabis harvests in Canada this September and expect to harvest 70,000 kg of sun-grown cannabis at a projected $0.04 a gram this fall, with the ...

Article by inHalton Earlier this week, it was announced Burlington could be home to a 13th cannabis retail store this fall. You can make it 14 now. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) received an application from the cannabis retail chain, Meta Cannabis Co. Walker Place. The proposed location is 3505 Upper Middle Rd., Unit D003. The City of Burlington says the ...