Article by Graeme McNaughton, Guelph Mercury The vacant site that was once set to be a provincially-run cannabis retailer may end up selling weed after all. Signage for Fire & Flower, an Alberta-based cannabis retailer, has been put up on the windows of 314 Stone Rd. W., indicating the company will be opening a store there soon. Fire & Flower ...

Article by Peter Smith, Daily Hive Tokyo Smoke, the Toronto-born cafe and fashion-focused head shop turned national cannabis dispensary, opened the doors to its newest location in the city on Wednesday. The 570 Bloor Street West location is one of five stores Tokyo Smoke announced in November it would be opening across Ontario, after reaching agreements with some of the province’s cannabis retail ...

Article by Kristine Owram, Growth Op Liquidity is a more pressing concern for Canadian cannabis companies than for their U.S. counterparts, according to a new report. Large Canadian pot producers have a median of 6.5 months of cash, compared to 14.4 months for U.S. multi-state operators, cannabis investment bank Ello Capital said in an analysis of firms’ balance sheets, cash ...

Article by Peter Smith, Daily Hive A concern among Canadian law enforcement leading up to adult-use cannabis sales was the idea that the newly legal intoxicant would lead to an increase in the number of impaired drivers. However, a new report from the country’s fifth-largest city shows that cannabis impairment is taking up marginally more space on the roads and ...

Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network Cannabics Pharmeceuticals (OTCQB: CNBX) has conducted research focusing on the effect of certain cannabinoids fighting against cancer. The company, which pursues personalized cannabis-based medicines, found promising effects with two cannabinoids, CBC (Cannabichromene) and CBG (Cannabigerol.) When testing these cannabis compounds at their High Throughput Screening (HTS) facility in Israel, they found them to display anti-tumor properties when applied to human ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op City council in St Catharines, ON, has opted out of a proposed measure to temporarily freeze cannabis production facilities in the region. Council members listened to testimony from business owners such as CroCan Enterprise owner Gerry Crnic, who said his proposed cultivation facility has plans to control emissions of light and odour as well as stringent ...

Article by Times Colonist The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. says it has cut about 15 per cent of its workforce. The Toronto-based company says it slashed about one-third of its corporate positions and 13 per cent of operational ones. The move comes as the company adopts a new structure aimed to accelerate revenue growth in Canada. Supreme’s layoffs follow mass ...

Article by BNN Bloomberg CannTrust class action lawsuit expected to become certified within next two months Canadian litigator Marie Henein said that she expects the class action lawsuit centred on CannTrust Holdings should be certified by an Ontario judge in the next six to eight weeks. “The best outcome is the greatest amount of recovery for the investors to put ...

Article by Julia Veintrop, Cannabis Life Network Fuck. Valentine’s Day. Being single sucks so hard sometimes, because not only are you not getting laid, you are reminded of all the sex happening around you all the time. Nevermore so than on February 14th. It’s in your face. It can feel like everyone gets to bang each other and you are ...

Article by Shelby Knox, Newstalk 1010 St. Catharines’ second potential cannabis store is still awaiting approval. According to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario’s website the application for the Corner Cannabis Store planned for Ontario Street is still ‘in progress.’ If final approval is granted, Corner Cannabis would become Niagara’s third pot shop; The Niagara Herbalist is already set ...