Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg An Ontario appellate judge ruled on Wednesday to dismiss a motion by a group of disqualified cannabis store applicants requesting the province’s retail cannabis licensing process be suspended pending an appeal being heard. “The process that the government has decided on should be permitted to proceed. If the moving parties are ultimately successful, they ...

Article by Andres Markwart, Cannabis Life Network When most of us think about Cannabis, the two active substances that come to mind are THC and CBD. THC (short for tetrahydrocannabinol) is the prominent mind-altering component that gives cannabis most of its psychological changes. CBD (short for cannabidiol) is the non-psychoactive component that can give its users a calm and relaxing feeling.  The lesser-known cannabis compounds you need to know about. However, nature ...

Article by CTV News A legal tenant evicted from his Toronto apartment because the building was being used as an illegal cannabis store has lost his bid to be allowed to return while he challenges the constitutionality of the law that put him on the street. In his ruling, an Ontario judge decided that allowing Jeffrey Brodie to go back ...

Article by Jeff Lagerquist, Yahoo Finance Canada Lacking the brick-and-mortar store density of mature recreational cannabis markets like Colorado, online shopping is an essential channel for legal pot sales in large swaths of Canada. Unfortunately, out-of-stock rates are on the rise, according to a new analysis of e-commerce platforms by Cowen. Analyst Vivien Azer looked at 1,485 products with 3,032 SKUs ...

Article by Brad Martin, Leafly In order for a cannabis strain to be balanced, it needs to have both THC and CBD compounds at intermediate and near-equal levels. Alternatively, if a cannabis strain has a higher value of THC to a negligible value of CBD (e.g., 10-30% THC, trace amounts of CBD), it’s considered a high (or potent) THC strain. The same ...

Article by Brandie Weikle, CBC News Legal recreational cannabis hasn’t had the negative effect on workplace productivity that some Canadians expected, but that could be because most of us work for organizations that don’t allow it at work, a new online survey suggests. Conducted by Ipsos on behalf of ADP Canada, a human resources software company, the survey suggests that most Canadians ...

Article by Peter Smith, Daily Hive Vending machines are interesting inventions. The technology has ensured that overpriced chocolate bars have been distributed to the hungry masses for decades. Soon, the same row of brightly lit machines could include a new green addition. As Signifi Solutions, a company that focuses on automated retail, and Dispension Industries have teamed up to produce a cannabis vending ...

Article by Mike O, Cannabis Life Network  The sixth annual Karma Cup went down Sept. 7-8 in downtown Toronto, and it was one for the ages! Our friend Craig Ex aka The Expert of Expert Joints was there to bask in all of the good karma and even better cannabis, and he had the pleasure of handing out the famous ...

Article by Sydney Perelmutter, Windsor Star We’ve all heard of the wine moms, but now that cannabis is legal, it’s time to shine the spotlight on the weed moms! They blog, raise children, mentor others and toke in between. These fearless ladies have been open and vocal about their cannabis use and have a loyal following on social media. Here ...

Article by Anisha Dhiman, Growth Op From cannabis-infused sparkling water that contains only five calories to pot beer that doesn’t taste disgusting (no seriously, the taste has been compared to dish soap and even urine), these Canadian companies are thinking outside of the box when it comes to drinkable weed. Sweet Reason: Hemp CBD-infused sparkling water There’s no reason why obsessions ...