Article by CBC News The owners of an Etobicoke Brewery are looking to expand into the medical marijuana business, but some residents say opening up that kind of operation in the area is too close for comfort. Cool Beer Brewery has received approval from the city for a variance to a zoning bylaw, despite major opposition from residents who live nearby. ...

Article by Joseph Hall, Toronto Star Dastiger Khan was a University of Waterloo fraternity brother when he noticed something troubling wafting over many of the parties he and his friends would throw. “Me and my partners, we threw a lot of events … and we always promoted designated drivers at our parties,” says Khan, a 23-year-old economics major at the ...

Article by Daina Goldfinger, Global News A 43-year-old Toronto man is facing a three-day licence suspension after he was found to have cannabis in his system while driving in Bradford, South Simcoe police say. At about 1 p.m., officers stopped the man on Holland Street West after police say he disobeyed a sign. The odour of cannabis was detected, police ...

Article by Lisa Johnson, Regina Leader-Post Medical cannabis patients still face too many practical barriers to access in countries where the drug is legal, including Canada, an international panel of advocates and experts at the Business of Cannabis Medical Cannabis conference in Toronto said Wednesday. Long considered an international leader on medical cannabis, Canada has had a legal framework since ...

Article by Vanmala Subramaniam, The GrowthOp Applicants seeking to obtain a Health Canada licence to cultivate and process cannabis and those seeking to sell cannabis in the medical market, will now have to show that they have a fully built cultivation site ready to go before they even begin the application process, Health Canada announced Wednesday. It is a sweeping ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, The GrowthOp Thinking about getting a cannabis micro licence? It would be good, then, to have a cool $1.5 million or so available. The estimate—offered by Lucas McCann, PhD, chief scientific officer at CannDelta Inc., at the recent UCann2019: Educating the Community of Cannabis Professionals conference in downtown Toronto—represents just one question around micro licences that most people continue ...

Article by Jorge Barrera, CBC News Neyaashiinigmiing could be the first First Nation in the country to host a licensed outdoor medical marijuana grow operation on its territory. Wiisag Corporation, an Indigenous cannabis company headquartered in Neyaashiinigmiing First Nation, announced Tuesday that it had received a notice of “Confirmation of Readiness” from Health Canada, the final stage before obtaining a ...

Article by Kevin Maimann, Star Edmonton Alberta cannabis producers say new federal rules restricting licence applications are a blow to aspiring growers. Health Canada announced Wednesday that it will now require new applicants who want to cultivate or process cannabis, or sell it for medical purposes, to have a fully built site that meets all federal requirements at the time they apply, ...

Article by Mark Rendell, Global News Canadian supplement makers, food manufacturers and farmers are set to miss out on North America’s latest health and beauty craze if federal rules around cannabidiol (CBD) don’t change. . That’s according to the Canadian Health Food Association and Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance, who jointly released a white paper on Wednesday calling on the federal ...

Article by Times Colonist A new survey suggests Canadians have become less accepting of recreational cannabis since 2017, despite legalization last October. Researchers at Dalhousie University say they’re surprised by the findings, which also suggests a high degree of stigma persists. While the majority of Canadians still support legalization, the research suggests support has dropped to 50.1 per cent from ...