Article by David Molko, CTV News Two Canadians have been given lifetime entry bans to the United States after they attempted to enter the country carrying cannabidiol oil or CBD, a popular cannabis extract legal in Canada that’s often used to treat pain and anxiety. Blaine, Washington-based immigration lawyer Len Saunders, who represents both travellers, told CTV News during both ...

Article by Caroline Alphonso and Mark Rendell, Globe and Mail Staff at a Toronto Montessori school are concerned that the Ontario government has not taken into account the safety of young children in daycare centres when establishing rules around the distance cannabis stores must be from schools. In detailing regulations for cannabis retail stores in the province late last year, ...

Article by David Clement, Globe and Mail Ontario’s second cannabis retail lottery on Aug. 20 was set up to license an additional 42 stores, which would bring the province’s retail market to the unreasonably low total of 75 stores. Compare that to Alberta, which has 277 licensed cannabis retailers to serve a population of 4.3 million (30 per cent of ...

Article by CBC News Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley says the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) needs to reconsider its process for awarding cannabis retail store licences. According to Bradley, the random lottery process “sounds very fair … but there was no discipline to it.” The most recent lottery saw 42 applicants awarded the opportunity to apply for a licence to ...

Article by Elizabeth Hames, Growth Op Oil country. Cattle country. Canada’s conservative stronghold. Alberta goes by many names. And she is quickly earning another: pot-smoker’s paradise. Less than a year since legalization, Alberta retailers have brought in more money from weed sales than those in any other province, despite having only 11 per cent of the country’s population. Albertans have ...

Article by Bridgette Watson, CBC News Wastewater samples collected from across the country have given the federal government a better indication of what drugs are being used in Canadian cities, suggesting the highest consumption of cannabis is in Halifax while the highest use of methamphetamine was in Edmonton. Statistics Canada has reported its findings from a 12-month pilot project beginning in March 2018 that involved collecting ...

Article by Blair Adams, Kitchener Today A Kitchener resident is one of two people charged after illegal cannabis was sold through a business in Hamilton. Ontario Provincial Police say the business was legitimate and allegedly being used as a delivery depot for illicit cannabis products. Some packages meant to be delivered to the business were intercepted by Canada Post. On ...

Article by Monte Sonnenberg, Simcoe Reformer A person received minor injuries this weekend during an armed robbery at a legal marijuana production facility east of Simcoe. The robbery was reported to police Sunday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. “It was determined that several unknown suspects armed with handguns attended the address and gained entry into a cannabis farm,” Const. Ed Sanchuk ...

Article by Debra Ray, Motley Fool CannTrust (TSX:TRST)(NYSE:CTST) is down 61% this year with much of the loss credited to the recent scandal. Canadian law enforcement recently discovered unlicensed cannabis growing operations, accelerating the stock’s decline in market value. Marijuana investors should take a lesson and be cautious that their marijuana investments don’t face a similar outcome. CannTrust building walls to hide ...

Article by Megan Delaire, Toronto.com Richard Browne has won the lottery — the pot shop lottery. The owner of Adventure Cycle Bicycle Store at 2464 Dufferin St. learned on Aug. 21 that he is one of 13 potential cannabis store operators in Toronto who were chosen in the provincial government’s latest cannabis store lottery. Winners get the opportunity to submit a retail licensing application. This ...