Article by Solomon Israel, Marijuana Business Daily An emergency order allowing Ontario’s private-sector cannabis stores to offer home delivery and curbside pickup will end at 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday, the Ministry of the Attorney General confirmed. The clarification followed a confusing Thursday for Ontario’s retail cannabis sector.The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), which oversees the province’s cannabis industry, issued a ...

Article by Sandor Gyarmati, Delta Optimist A cannabis company which has a partnership with the large-scale Houweling Nurseries greenhouse in East Ladner has announced a subsidiary now has a big inventory CBD crude oil and distillate ready to sell. AgraFlora Organics International Inc. in a news release said its wholly owned subsidiary Sustainable Growth Strategic Capital Corp., a federally licensed ...

Article by Bill Bogart, London Free Press A highly regarded British think tank focused on reforming drug laws thinks Canada’s legalization and regulation of cannabis has gone well. Transform has been monitoring Canadian reform efforts for some time, and advised the Canadian government and some provinces on how to develop regulations prior to legalization. Its positive views of Canada’s initiatives is a significant assessment of our ...

Article by Matthew Claxton, Aldergrove Star New details of a police raid that located 23 guns and thousands of cannabis plants were revealed in court documents as landowners fought organized crime investigators over continued detention of seized items. The searches and seizures took place in June and August of 2019 in Langley and Surrey, and included a Langley warehouse, a ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op A study commissioned by a licensed cannabis producer claims that 43 per cent of Canadians prefer to buy their weed online, as opposed to in-person at a store. A total of 1,512 Canadians were surveyed (of which 591 were cannabis consumers) by national data services and research firm Maru/Blue in the study commissioned by ...

Article by Kate Robertson, Regina Leader-Post When Civilized, a digital media and events company headquartered in Saint John, N.B., emerged on Canada’s cannabis industry scene as the country headed toward cannabis legalization, the company felt symbolic of marijuana’s rebrand: This was weed marketing, content and events for fashionable, above-board types, tired of the cannabis stigma and dated stoner culture. The ...

Article by Greg Davis, Global News A Brampton, Ont.-based company plans to open the first cannabis retail store in Peterborough County. Flowertown Cannabis has applied to open a store in a strip mall at 874 Ward St. in the heart of the village of Bridgenorth in Selwyn Township, just north of Peterborough. . According to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario ...

Article by Graeme Frisque,  Brampton Guardian Wards 9 and 10 Brampton Coun. Gurpreet Dhillon took to social media to voice concerns about an ongoing cannabis store application in his ward and encouraged residents to submit any objections to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). Dhillon said he’s received calls from area residents concerned about The Cannabis Guys’ proposed ...

Article by Kevin Connor, Toronto Sun Forty-three per cent of marijuana users say they prefer to buy products online, according to a survey conducted by research firm Maru/Blue, for the cannabis brand Figr. . This is an increase from 13.3% of cannabis sales that were made online during the first year of legalization, as reported by Statistics Canada in December ...

Article by Jeremy Berke, Business Insider Cannabis executives raked in millions in total compensation last year, according to a report from the Bedford Consulting Group, a Toronto-based headhunting firm. . The report’s authors analyzed the total compensation — including salary, equity, and stock options — of 437 cannabis-industry executives at 96 companies using publicly available data, Frank Galati, one of ...