Article by Kelsie Kilawna, APTN There has been no slowing down since Tupa’s Joint, an Indigenous cannabis dispensary in downtown Vernon, was raided for a second time on June 25 by the Province of B.C.’s cannabis enforcement agency Community Safety Unit (CSU). In fact, since fully restocking, the shop has seen an increase in customers interested in everything from the history behind the shop ...

Article by Colby Cosh, The Telegram Cannabis may have been legalized across Canada in 2018, but it took until 2020 for the last vestige of statutory liquor prohibition to be eliminated in Alberta. In 1924 the province voted, as others did at around the same time, to abolish wartime prohibition. But in a small pocket in the south of the ...

Article by Health Europa MCN speaks with industry expert Jamie Shaw about cannabis sector regulation in Canada, the issues patients still encounter, and industry sexism. Jamie Shaw is a Director of the British Columbia Independent Cannabis Association, an incorporated nonprofit body representing stakeholders from every stage of British Columbia’s cannabis sector. Shaw, who is also a founding partner at Groundwork Consulting ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Canopy Growth Corp. laid off another 30 employees as part of its corporate restructuring, the company confirmed to Marijuana Business Daily. The job losses at Canopy’s Smiths Falls, Ontario, headquarters were first reported by local news website InsideOttawaValley.com. The layoffs, which occurred July 8, affected operations staff members and were the result of Canopy Growth’s “ongoing strategic review ...

Article by Kevin Werner, Hamilton Mountain News Hamilton Mountain Coun. Tom Jackson is proposing the city impose a strict radial separation from other cannabis outlets. In a notice of motion for the July 17 council meeting, Jackson wants the city to ask the province to change its licensing requirements for Cannabis Retail Stores to limit the number of pot shops ...

Article by Jeremy Berke, Business Insider On September 20, 2018, Derek Riedle, then the CEO of Civilized Worldwide, a cannabis media startup, was set to embark on a tour. . He had just boarded a jet with the comedian Chelsea Handler at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, a popular spot for celebrities and wealthy executives. The pair were heading to Calgary, ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op U.S. authorities have adopted a quieter tone in announcing that charges against a permanent resident of Canada have been dismissed following what was touted as the largest cannabis seizure in western New York district. The June 25 seizure at the Peace Bridge, which runs between Fort Erie, Ont. and Buffalo, N.Y., involved the discovery of 9,472 ...

Article by Mark Newman, Hamilton Mountain News via Hamilton Spectator The two guys behind Hamilton-based Sessions Cannabis are looking to grow their legal retail pot-selling empire to 30 stores across Ontario, including six in Hamilton. “We’re the fastest-growing and the largest cannabis retail operation in the province,” said business co-owner Darryl Allen, who along with co-founder and company president and CEO Steven Fry, ...

Article by Kevin Connor, Toronto Sun A Toronto woman is frustrated with the red tape she says she has faced while attempting to open a pot store. Vivianne Wilson, who is working to set up her store called GreenPort at 686 College St., says the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario’s cannabis retail licencing process is out of whack. She ...

Article by Kristine Owram, Bloomberg Canadian cannabis brands are having a tough time getting consumers to notice them. No brand in Canada has more than 41% recognition among current cannabis users, with most languishing between 1% and 15%, according to a survey of 3,000 consumers conducted by pot data firm Brightfield Group. Even those that attract the most attention aren’t converting ...