Article by Emma Spears, Regina Leader-Post Ontario saw a significant increase in cannabis use in the year leading up to federal legalization, according to a survey from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). The results come courtesy of the institution’s CAMH Monitor, a survey published bi-yearly that tracks Ontarians’ substance use and mental health that has been in operation for approximately 40 years. ...

Article by Natalie Paddon, The Hamilton Spectator Twenty-five people are facing 50 charges after Hamilton police and OPP executed warrants at all four Georgia Peach dispensary locations Thursday. “We currently have all four secured and we are in the process of dealing with the people that were found inside, securing the evidence, those kinds of things,” Hamilton police Deputy Chief Dan ...

Article by Mike O, Cannabis Life Network Organigram, a New Brunswick-based licensed producer, announced in a Jan. 18 press release that the class action lawsuit it’s facing over the use of banned pesticides in its medical cannabis will proceed to trial. In typical press release fashion, it downplays the significance of the lawsuit proceeding to the next step- saying it’s ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News People in Atlantic Canada are buying far more legal cannabis per capita than Canadians elsewhere in the country, Statistics Canada figures show. The national statistics agency released province-by-province sales numbers for the first six weeks of legalization up to December 1. The numbers reveal dramatic differences between provinces. Prince Edward Island tops the list, with residents ...

Article by CTV News Cannabis store sales totalled $54 million in November, the first full month of legal recreational pot sales, according to Statistics Canada. The cannabis sales for the month a little more than 25 per cent from $43.1 million recorded in October, which included roughly two weeks of legal pot sales after Canada legalized cannabis for adult use ...

Article by Leaf News Dear Herb: My question has to do with pesticides allowed for use on cannabis. I have been searching Health Canada’s website, and there is a list of approved products but absolutely no info regarding the actual active ingredients in these products. I am trying to find out what actual pesticides are acceptable, not just approved products or ...

Article by Armina Ligaya, CBC News The densely populated Ontario municipalities that have said no to cannabis stores are a “painful haircut” to pot retailers’ expectations, but some remain optimistic that some cities will give them the green light down the line, industry players say. Municipalities in Canada’s most populous province had until Tuesday night to opt in or opt ...

Article by Mike Crawley, CBC News Ontario’s online marijuana retailer wants to get pot into the hands of its customers more quickly, so it’s looking for a courier company to offer same-day delivery. The Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp. (OCRC) has posted a tender call for same-day delivery that would launch around the beginning of March, initially focused on the Greater Toronto ...

Article by Allison Jones, CBC News More than half of Ontario’s eligible municipalities have opted in as willing hosts to cannabis stores as the first locations are set to open in a little over two months. Municipalities have until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday to tell the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario if they are opting out of hosting the stores within ...

Article by Sheryl Ubelacker, CTV News In the year leading up to legalization, there was a significant uptick in the use of cannabis, notably among millennials and people aged 50 and older, a long-running survey has found. The survey by the Centre for Mental Health and Addiction (CAMH) — called the Monitor — shows the proportion of Ontario adults reporting ...