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Legal pot gains market share in Ontario, but progress will slip next quarter: OCS
TORONTO – Ontario’s legal cannabis industry is gaining ground in its fight against the illicit market, but the progress likely won’t last long because of COVID-19 lockdowns. The Ontario Cannabis Store said Thursday that between the start of July and…
Aphria and Tilray to merge, will use Tilray name and explore U.S. market
In the latest sign of the cannabis industry’s efforts to streamline its operations and take advantage of what they hope will be a promising U.S. market, two of Canada’s most prominent pot companies said Wednesday that they plan to merge.…
Aurora Cannabis laying off 214 workers, chief science officer to retire
Aurora Cannabis says it is laying off 214 workers and its chief science officer is retiring, the latest of a series of cuts to hit the Edmonton-based cannabis company. Aurora spokeswoman Michelle Lefler says in addition to the layoffs, operations…
Man who was serving 90-year sentence for marijuana released
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – While serving a 90-year prison sentence for selling marijuana, Richard DeLisi’s wife died, as did his 23-year-old son and both his parents. His adult daughter was in a horrific car accident and suffered a paralyzing stroke…
Canopy Growth to close five facilities across Canada, lay off 220 workers
TORONTO – Canopy Growth Corp. will cease operations at five facilities across the country and lay off more than 200 workers — the latest in a series of dramatic cuts the cannabis company and several others have made this year.…
At Spiritleaf, shopping for cannabis has gone ‘mainstream’
Business Spotlight
Just over two years after the federal government legalized the sale of cannabis and cannabis products in Canada, the retail market is thriving. Many areas have seen a number of stores open up in their communities and one of the…
RCMP make significant illicit cannabis haul following raid of licensed Langley grow op
A massive amount of cannabis, packaged and still in plant form, was seized by RCMP this week, following a Dec. 2 execution of search warrants on a rural property in Langley that had already gained the attention of the police,…
Marijuana is now Maine’s biggest agricultural commodity
PORTLAND, Maine – Maine is known for its wild blueberries and potatoes but marijuana has surpassed them to become the state’s most valuable crop. Medical marijuana sales totalled $221.8 million from January through October, more than double what had been…
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
WASHINGTON – The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters call a failed policy of criminalizing pot use and taking steps to address racial disparities in enforcement of…
CannTrust relaunches two brands following illegal cultivation, CCAA filing
VAUGHAN, Ont. – CannTrust Holdings Inc. is staging a comeback more than a year after its licences were suspended for illegally growing thousands of kilograms of dried cannabis in unlicensed rooms. The Vaughan, Ont., cannabis firm announced Wednesday that it…
San Francisco bans smoking inside apartments; pot smoking OK
SAN FRANCISCO – City officials in San Francisco have banned all tobacco smoking inside apartments, citing concerns about secondhand smoke. But lighting up a joint inside? That’s still allowed. The Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 Tuesday to approve the ordinance…
UN agency removes cannabis from strictest drug category
BERLIN – The U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry. The Vienna-based U.N. agency said in a…
Aurora Cannabis lays off 30 staff, ‘indefinitely’ pauses operations at Alta. facility
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it is indefinitely pausing operations at one of its Alberta facilities and laying off a few dozen staff. The Edmonton-based cannabis company says the pause will occur at its Aurora Sun property in Medicine…
Princeton cannabis facility hit with $1.4 million lawsuit
Owners of a cannabis cultivation facility under construction near Princeton are facing legal action after allegedly falling behind in contract payments to the facility’s contractor. Ketza Pacific Construction Ltd, launched a civil suit against Castle Rock Farms and B.C. Green…
South Dakota cannabis group files to defend constitutional amendment
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The group that campaigned to legalize recreational marijuana in South Dakota through a voter-backed constitutional amendment has filed in court to defend the amendment in a legal challenge brought by two law enforcement officers. The Rapid…