Article by Bill Hodgins, Kawartha Lakes This Week Pot smokers should be able to get their fix in the City of Kawartha Lakes next summer. In a letter sent to the municipality late last month, the Province advised the City that it has been identified as a location for at least one initial cannabis retail store by July 2018. “We will ...

Article by Kim Zarzour, Toronto Star “Thanks but no thanks.” That was the answer Monday night from local councillors to a suggestion Richmond Hill should be one of the first host towns for legal recreational marijuana sales. The town of Richmond Hill received a letter Nov. 28 from the Ministry of Finance announcing a cannabis store may be coming to town in July ...

Written by Gideon B, for Dankr.ca. Cannabiscotti Overview: Another perfect example of the innovative edibles currently circulating the Canadian market is Cannabiscotti, recent winners of the Karma Cup for their Cannabutter Edible category entry. Cannabiscotti is a Toronto-based edible duo that specialize in cannabis-infused biscotti and have several varieties and flavours, from lemon poppy to red velvet and so much ...

Article by Jeff Gray and Justin Giovannetti, Globe and Mail The Ontario government says it will delay opening branches of its new cannabis retail chain in municipalities that object to having them. A handful of mayors in the Greater Toronto Area have said they do not want a marijuana store in their areas, even though they recognize they are powerless ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News Bills C-45 and C-46 are currently at second reading in the Senate, after making their way through the House earlier this year. Bill C-46 entered the Senate on Nov 1 and C-45 on Nov 28. The debate around both bills in the Senate has been, so far, relatively limited, with a little less than ...

Article by Lift News The Toronto Police Service announced they have again raided a cannabis dispensary at 33 Kensington Ave. Five arrests were made and cannabis and cash were seized. On Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at approximately 6:30 p.m., officers executed a search warrant at the Toronto Dispensary at 33 Kensington Avenue. It is alleged that during the execution of the search warrant, ...

Article by Armina Ligaya, CTV News For the owner of Uncle Ike’s, one of the biggest marijuana shops in Seattle, the teenagers who come through his legal storefront to score weed are some of the clearest indicators the black market is on the wane. “Underage kids try to sneak into our store with fake IDs from the local high schools,” ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News Shoppers Drug Mart has announced it has entered into an agreement with Aphria for supply of medical cannabis in anticipation of approval of the drug store chain’s application to sell medical cannabis through Health Canada’s ACMPR. Shoppers applied for a licence through the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes regulations in the past in ...

Article by Phil Wong, High! Canada What was your first introduction to CBD’s? The cannabis plant has always been an interest of ours ever since experimenting with it in high school. Both my co-founder Phil and I had a good understanding of the plant in knowing the differences between sativas and indicas, but it wasn’t until heading out West for ...

Article by Colin Perkel, Global News From texting a local dealer to dropping into a neighbourhood dispensary or ordering online, Canada’s black market for recreational marijuana has seen significant changes in recent years and, no doubt, will see more as the country hurtles toward a new world of legalization next summer. What does seem clear, however, is that the illegal market is ...