Article by Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily Work was temporarily suspended at a cannabis greenhouse in Ontario owned by a one of  Tilray’s subsidiaries earlier this week after a worker tested positive for COVID-19. The individual, employed through a third-party agency, had been working in a cultivation facility in Leamington run by High Park Gardens, which was acquired by Tilray ...

Article by Creeden Martell, CBC News A collaboration between infectious disease researchers at the University of Saskatchewan and a Saskatoon-based pharmaceutical company is being described by one doctor as a “science project” with big implications. Saskatoon’s Zyus Life Sciences is working in collaboration with the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) to develop and test a plant-based antigen for a possible COVID-19 vaccine. ...

Article by Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily A cannabis staffing agency in Toronto has launched a public database to connect displaced marijuana professionals with prospective employers. The initiative comes as struggling marijuana firms eliminated an estimated 2,700 positions in Canada over the past nine months – including 910 after the COVID-19 pandemic started – according to the Cannabis At Work ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Police have double-dipped by bringing charges against an online cannabis distributor, not only for their illegal operations, but also for operating at all during the COVID-19 lockdown. One man and one woman, both 35, have been charged after continuing to operate a non-essential business amid COVID-19, according to the Hamilton Spectator. Specifically, the two face charges ...

Article by Joanna Lavoie, Toronto.com Toronto’s original head shop, The Friendly Stranger, has opened its first official weed-selling store in Toronto. Located at 501 Church St., just south of Wellesley Street East, the shop opened its doors today, Wednesday, May 13. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the retailer is presently offering curbside pickup and same-day delivery. As a demonstration of its ...

Article by Josh Pringle, CTV News The Ontario Cannabis Store is now promising to deliver cannabis to doors in Ottawa within three days. The crown agency owned by the Ontario Government has announced the expansion of its free, direct-to-door delivery service to Ottawa. The Ontario Cannabis Store says when you select direct-to-door delivery at checkout, your order will be delivered ...

Article by Sudbury Star An individual from Toronto was charged with a cannabis offence on May 9 after Manitoulin OPP conducted a traffic stop on Hwy 17 in Nairn-Hyman Township. The officers saw a violation while they were on patrol at about 9:27 p.m. As a result of the investigation, a 37-year-old suspect was charged with driving a vehicle with ...

Article by Doug Schmidt, Windsor Star A lack of local employment opportunities forced Simon Reid to depart for greener pastures, but the birth of a new Canadian industry has drawn him and his brother back to Windsor. “I had to move away for a long time because I had to find work,” said Reid. “It’s really important to bring back ...

Article by CBC News A third-party employee working at a Tilray subsidiary’s cannabis greenhouse in Leamington has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a spokesperson for High Park Company — a wholly owned subsidiary of Tilray that produces cannabis products and operates a 662,000-square-foot facility in Leamington — the confirmed case was reported on Monday to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit ...

Article by Richa Bhosale, Timmins Daily Press Timmins residents can now purchase their cannabis in town. Hobo Cannabis Company opened its doors Friday, despite the city being in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was quite challenging, we were nearly ready to open our Timmins location prior to the pandemic,” said Harrison Stoker, vice-president of brand and culture for ...