Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op Raids on illicit cannabis grows outside of Peterborough by the Ontario Provincial Police resulted in three arrests and seizure of approximately $3.9 million worth of cannabis and other property. Officers executed search warrants at adjoining rural properties last Thursday in Cramahe Township, located near Colborne, kawarthaNOW reports. Cramahe Township locals Faith Forget, 54, and Ronald Forget, ...

Article by Rick Vanderlinde, Simcoe.com If there was ever any question that Highway 400 acts as a pipeline for GTA drug dealers to ply their trade in Simcoe County, it was quickly quelled by Project Shoreham. The joint-forces operation by the OPP and Barrie police targeted Toronto-area gangs that hoped to profit from lucrative markets a few hours north. The 2019 investigation acted ...

Article by Emma Spears, Regina Leader-Post The winners of Ontario’s much-maligned and now-defunct cannabis retail lottery are increasingly selling their pot shops less than two years after the drug was federally legalized. Although lottery winners were initially restricted from selling their stores until December 2019, pot shops have started to quietly pop up. Business owners are finding that larger cannabis companies and chain retailers, ...

Article by Adam Carter, CBC News A new report from the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has found that Black people are more likely than others to be arrested, charged or have force used against them during interactions with Toronto police. The report, which is the second interim report in the OHRC’s inquiry into racial profiling and discrimination, includes an analysis of ...

Article by Tara Deschamps, CP24 More than a year after winning the chance to open one of Ontario’s first cannabis stores through a provincial lottery, Lisa Bigioni has walked away from her Niagara Falls pot shop. The store had become like a second home and it was painful to leave, but Bigioni wanted to make good on a deal she ...

Article by Natalia Goodwin, CBC News Private cannabis retailers in Ottawa are fighting to have home delivery reinstated after seeing a decline in sales and worrying people might be turning to the black market. When COVID-19 hit this spring, the government closed all cannabis shops, but later allowed private retailers to operate delivery and curb-side pickup. That ability was rescinded in July as the province moved into ...

Article by CTV News Saskatoon A life sciences company in Saskatoon has received a medical sales license from Health Canada, allowing it to enrol medical cannabis patients, according to a news release. “The receipt of our Medical Services Sales License is another important step towards restoring health and well-being to patients here in Canada and around the world,” said Brent ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op While smoking a joint on a lakeside dock in British Columbia about four years ago, Craig Barker had an epiphany. The photographer had recently moved to Canada from the U.K. and was trying to carve out a niche in adventure and outdoor photography, particularly with skiing and snowboarding. But he found the market to ...

Article by BNN Bloomberg Second Cup sees sharp sales drop in Q2 while cannabis pivot intensifies Coffee-turned-cannabis retailer Second Cup Ltd. saw a more-than-50-per-cent drop in café sales during the second quarter, which ended June 27. While the company is not abandoning the coffee game, as evidenced by its acquisition of Ottawa’s Bridgehead Coffee earlier this year, Aegis (Second Cup’s ...

Article by Kathleen Harris, CBC News It has been one year since the government launched a program offering Canadians with a criminal record for simple pot possession a fast, free pardon — but only 257 people have been granted one so far. Critics say the low number proves the program is “unconscionable” and a “total failure.” They’re calling on the government to deliver an ...