Article by Alexandra Mazur, Global News Seven people were arrested and thousands of cannabis plants were seized after two drug raids in Ontario’s Addington Highlands. On Aug. 12, OPP say they entered two residences in Addington Highlands, one on Freeburn Road and the other on Clark Line Road, and seized 5,000 cannabis plants. The Freeburn Road location had 4,000 cannabis plants, ...

Article by Ludvig Drevfjall, Thorold News Thorold is getting its first cannabis storefront. If everything goes as Toronto retailer Bret Unger hopes, come this fall, residents will be able to visit the Pine Street Plaza not only for pet needs or groceries – but for legal pot too. “I love the space, I love the plaza. As soon as I ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Police in Saanich, B.C. is reminding enthusiastic green growers that there are different kinds of legal when it comes to cultivating weed. Yes, recreational cannabis is legal in Canada and, yes, people can grow up to four plants per household, although it’s best to first check if a home province or territory has applied any ...

Article by Maria Loreto, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op Cannabis is a growing industry and, as such, there’s a lot of content available on the internet. Weed enthusiasts have come up with websites, Instagram pages and Twitter accounts, all looking to find new and creative ways of engaging with marijuana. YouTube is a different matter entirely. … Here are ...

Article by Tara Deschamps, Maple Ridge News After facing repeated criticism for more than a year, Hobo Cannabis Company is changing its name to Dutch Love. The business is making the switch because it wants to be inclusive and ensure no one sees its name as an effort to slight homeless people, said Jeff Donnelly, the president and chief executive ...

Article by Irelyne Lavery, Dail[y Hive News Shoppers Drug Mart announced the opening of its first managed medical clinic in Toronto on Wednesday. Located at Lawrence Avenue and Dufferin Street, the Health Clinic by Shoppers is a primary-care and family practice clinic, “providing patients with convenient, one-stop access to medical services and trusted advice.” This isn’t the last location that ...

Article by Eric Sandy, Cannabis Business Times Auxly’s Kolab Project is bringing vape recycling bins to Canadian dispensaries—Superette and Inner Spirit, to start—in a partnership with Greentec, one of the country’s electronic waste recycling businesses. It’s a collaborative solution to a problem that has vexed the young cannabis industry. Vape cartridges run dry, and the empty products constitute electronic waste ...

Article by BlogTO, Hobo Cannabis, the burgeoning marijuana retail chain from the people who brought Toronto such bars as Belfast Love and Death & Taxes, has decided to undergo a complete rebrand after being called out for months over its somewhat problematic moniker. . With five stores already established in Ontario, another five in B.C. — including one at Vancouver Airport — and two in Edmonton, the company ...

Article by CBC News Canadian pediatricians are reporting numerous vaping-related injuries, with one third of cases involving ongoing health problems. Interim data from the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program highlight the risks of vaping as well as non-medical cannabis use, particularly accidental ingestion of edibles. A one-time survey of about 1,100 doctors found 88 cases of vaping illness or injury over a 12-month ...

Article by Solomon Israel, Marijuana Business Daily Marijuana oil vape pens have taken a commanding lead as the most popular “Cannabis 2.0” product in three key Canadian provinces, capturing more market share than other refined cannabis merchandise such as edibles, beverages, concentrated extracts and topicals combined during the first six months those items have been available in Canada. New point-of-sale ...