Article by Accesswire, Yahoo Finance CordovaCann Corp. (CSE:CDVA) (OTCQB:LVRLF) (“Cordova” or the “Company”), a cannabis-focused consumer products company, is pleased to announce that its second Star Buds Cannabis Co. (“Star Buds”) branded cannabis retail store in Ontario has received confirmation from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that it can open today. This store is located at 22 Barrie Street, ...

Article by Emma Spears, Regina Leader-Post The company behind the embattled Trailer Park Buds brand, which was rejected by Health Canada for being non-compliant with the Cannabis Act, decided against repackaging the discount nugs originally planned to be promoted by east coast celebs the Trailer Park Boys. Instead, in what many would call a very on-brand move, they simply redacted the ...

Article by Jonathan Forani CTVNews.ca  More Canadians may be indulging in quarantine kush during the COVID-19 pandemic as retail cannabis sales reached new peaks in May. Statistics Canada data released Tuesday showed a four-per-cent swell from April to May, with sales reaching a record $186 million. “In times like this I do think that vices go up,” said Cameron Brown, spokesperson ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Canadian cannabis producer Organigram Holdings reported a continued slide in net revenue for the third quarter of 2020, down by 22% from the second quarter to $18 million Canadian dollars ($13.4 million). Organigram previously warned investors about the revenue decrease for the quarter ended May 31. The New Brunswick-based company attributed the revenue slump to lower volumes of flower ...

Article by Growth Op Waterloo Regional Police in southwestern Ontario has the public to thank as multiple complaints led to a recent drug bust. Police arrested a 23-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman on Thursday as neighbours repeatedly complained about an alleged drug trafficking operation, Kitchener Today reports. They found 7,210 g of suspected dried cannabis worth around $25,000 in street value. ...

Article by Lin Shen, Cannabis Life Network Weed not only has many therapeutic and medicinal purposes, but it is also one of the safest recreational drugs to use. However, as with basically anything, too much of a good thing can turn into a bad thing. When weed is over-consumed, there is a chance that some users may experience what stoners call “greening out” which ...

Article by Kim Hart Macneill, Growth Op When legalization hit, the first thing consumers complained about, after supply shortages, was the price. Nearly two years later, we’re hitting the sweet spot where producers are bringing discount brands online. In addition to being more affordable, these options generally come with less packaging to cart around and figure out how to recycle. ...

Article by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours, Leafly News On October 17, 2018, thousands of Canadians waited outside cannabis shops to finally buy the drug legally for the first time in the nation’s history. That same day, while attention was turned to the shops, the Canadian government promised to undo a great historical wrong: People convicted of single cannabis possession in the past ...

Article by Kristine Owram, BNN Bloomberg Low-priced cannabis products will be key to converting consumers from the illicit market to the legal market, but once that’s done they’ll be willing to spend more on pricier items like vape pens and edibles, according to Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s new chief commercial officer. Cannabis is “unlike tobacco or alcohol because of the presence ...

Article by Sudbury Star More than nine years ago, writing about the war on drugs, this editorial board encouraged the government of then-prime minister Stephen Harper to get bolder with decriminalizing cannabis. “By any reasonably broad metric,” we wrote then, the war on drugs “has been an abysmal failure. According to estimates by the UN — by no means a liberal organization when it comes to drug policy — worldwide consumption of ...