Article by Health Canada Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Proposed Approach to the Regulation of Cannabis 1.2 Public Consultation 1.3 Purpose of this Document 2 Licences, Permits and Authorizations 2.1 Overview of Proposal 2.2 What We Heard 2.3 Thresholds for Micro-cultivation and Micro-processing 3 Security Clearances 3.1 Overview of Proposal 3.2 What We Heard 4 Cannabis Tracking System 4.1 ...

Article by Women of Influence As a 20-year old, Alison Gordon couldn’t have fathomed one day having a full-time, let alone high-powered, job in the marijuana industry — or that pot would ever be an industry at all. Now, she’s leading 48 North Cannabis Co., an ACMPR licensed medical cannabis company, as CEO, bringing her unstifleable passion to this nascent ...

Article by Mark Rendell, Financial Post Even as the number of legal cannabis growers has grown rapidly, the federal government has denied three licence applications for every one it has accepted. As of Feb. 1, Health Canada, which oversees the legal medical marijuana program, had granted 89 licences and rejected 268, according to data provided by Health Canada. The number ...

Article by Mike Okada, Cannabis Life Network On March 19th, the Canadian government released its updated guidelines for legal cannabis, which features strict guidelines for packaging, labeling, and health warnings- but how effective will they be? According to Health Canada’s press release, the government is taking an “an evidence-informed, public health approach”, after receiving comments from over 3,200 Canadians during its 60-day public consultation period. ...

Article by Samantha Craggs, CBC News It’s a philosophical question that’s circulated through Hamilton city hall for months: when it comes to city rules, should growing marijuana be considered the same as growing cucumbers? Now, a group of local farmers says yes. The city’s agriculture and rural affairs advisory committee — comprised of farmers, residents and politicians — voted in late ...

Article by Meredith MacLeod, CTV News An Ontario man killed in a motorcycle accident in Mexico is being remembered as a happy, outgoing, big-hearted father of four who had a contagious, booming laugh and did all he could to help others in both countries in which he lived. Shane King, 32, died Saturday night, shortly after colliding with the rear ...

Article by Kieran Delamont, Vice News Police in some of Canada’s largest cities have admitted to using powerful surveillance tools that indiscriminately hoover up cell phone metadata of people in a given area—even those not under investigation by police—which privacy researchers say is a problem for Canadian civil liberties. Nearly a year after the RCMP first acknowledged that they owned a ...

Article by Geordon Omand, Toronto Star Legal pot will be sold in plain packages emblazoned with a yellow health warning and a red stop sign stamped with the silhouette of a marijuana leaf, according to draft regulations released Monday by Health Canada. The proposed rules will allow for packaging to depict a single brand element beyond a company’s name — either ...

Written by Gideon B, for Dankr.ca. Eva’s Delicacies Overview: A British Columbia based edible company, Eva’s Delicacies has been infusing treats since 2014. Offering a variety of edibles, from candies, to dried fruit and more. Most of Eva’s Delicacies are infused with CO2 extracted cannabis THC distillate, allowing these edible treats to contain the psychoactive effects of cannabis with the ...

Article by Nichola Saminather, Reuters Canada’s health regulator on Monday set out thresholds for a new class of cannabis cultivation and processing licenses, and outlined strict requirements for the packaging and labeling of recreational marijuana ahead of its legalization this year. The proposals were published in a document released by Health Canada, taking into account feedback from a public comment ...