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Australian pot company Little Green Pharma buys Canopy Growth facility in Denmark
SMITHS FALLS, Ont. – An Australian cannabis company says it has purchased a Canopy Growth Corp. property in Europe. Perth-based Little Green Pharma Ltd. says it has acquired a medicinal cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility in Denmark from the Smiths…
Legal B.C. pot can soon be delivered to your door
New rules will allow cannabis to be delivered to B.C. doorsteps starting July 15. The change was announced today, June 17, and came in response to industry demands to find more ways to make legal cannabis available and combat the…
Legal cannabis bill clears state Senate, awaits Lamont’s OK
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Senate voted Thursday to legalize the recreational use of cannabis for adults in Connecticut, the final legislative action for a bill that lays the groundwork for the new industry in Connecticut and attempts to address…
North Okanagan’s newest ‘glampground’ is ‘cannabis, alcohol and party-friendly’
After just five days in operation the bookings are already pouring in for the Utopia Feels Botanical Glampground and Micro-Farm in the North Okanagan near Vernon. “I think I’m on to something,” owner Doug Vidic told iNFOnews.ca. “The bookings are…
Cannabis company Hexo reports $20.7M Q3 loss, revenue edges higher
OTTAWA – Hexo Corp. reported a loss of $20.7 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $19.5 million in the same quarter last year. The cannabis company says the loss amounted to 17 cents per diluted share…
Canadian producers hoping U.S. eases cannabis prohibitions nervously eyeing calendar
WASHINGTON – Canada’s cannabis industry, banking on the chance to expand into the United States, is nervously eyeing the American political calendar and the Biden administration’s narrow legislative window to ease federal prohibitions on recreational marijuana. The White House has…
Supreme Cannabis shareholders vote to approve $435M deal with Canopy Growth
TORONTO – Supreme Cannabis shareholders have voted in favour of the company being sold to Canopy Growth Corp. for $435 million. Supreme says 81.05 per cent of the votes cast were in favour of the deal. The sale needed at…
Washington’s ‘joints for jabs’ vaccine program falling flat
SEATTLE (AP) — It was designed as an innovative way to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, but Washington’s new “joints for jabs” program is off to a rough start. Officials announced Monday that the state’s nearly 500 licensed marijuana retailers could begin…
Commercial weed is not only legal, it’s healthier: B.C. Solicitor General
Buying cannabis from legal stores in B.C. keeps residents on the right side of the law but also helps them avoid unhealthy contaminants found in illegal products. Testing of 20 dried cannabis samples from illegal retailers in the Lower Mainland…
Global sting began by creating message service for crooks
SAN DIEGO (AP) — When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users moving to other networks. Instead of following their tracks to rivals, investigators decided on a new tactic: creating their own…
Osoyoos cannabis store has what you need
Business Spotlight
Interior Cannabis Co. in Osoyoos has all your cannabis needs covered. The store, which has been open for eight months, carries a full line of products including a large selection of flower strains, as well as edibles, topicals and concentrates,…
Lawmakers discuss future of medical marijuana in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The leader of the organization that sponsored the voter-approved Mississippi medical marijuana initiative that was recently blocked in court says the program should be changed and improved by the state Legislature — but not by too…
Rapper Drake and cannabis company Canopy Growth end pot partnership
SMITHS FALLS, Ont. – Canopy Growth Corp. is no longer involved in a cannabis venture it was pursuing with rapper Drake. The Smiths Falls, Ont., cannabis company says in an email that it has divested its participation in Drake’s More…
Pot users welcome: Amazon won’t test jobseekers for cannabis
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Tuesday that it will stop testing jobseekers for marijuana. The company, the second-largest private employer in the U.S. behind Walmart, is making the change as states legalize cannabis or introduce laws banning employers from…
Canopy Growth CEO ‘really bullish’ on U.S. pot legalization after recent reforms
Canopy Growth Corp. is continuing to pin its hopes on the U.S. as competition in Canada’s cannabis industry intensifies amid a wave of mergers and acquisitions. The Smiths Falls, Ont.-based cannabis company said Tuesday that it remains focused on advancing…