This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Jan. 11-18

This week marks three months of legalization in Canada, Bill Blair is gaslighting the cannabis industry, and Hamilton police invited local media to join to a dispensary raid, and more top headlines from across Canada. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Bill Blair: “Gaslighting the Cannabis Industry” In a move that […]

This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Jan. 4-10

Vancouver stalwart Cannabis Culture is closing at the end of the month, as many as 35,000 would-be cannabis store operators entered Ontario’s lottery, and Shoppers Drug Mart has launched an online store for medical cannabis. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Top Headlines From Around the Web End of the Line for Cannabis […]

This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Dec. 29-Jan. 3

Canadians have already spent $5.7B on cannabis in the first months of legalization, Vancouver’s first legal cannabis store finally opens for business, and Ontario’s would-be cannabis store operators will be fined $25,000 if they’re not open by April 1. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Top Headlines From Around the Web […]

This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Dec. 21-28

Regina retailers consider forming a co-op, Vancouver’s first recreational cannabis store is about to open, and Manitoba premier Brian Pallister apparently didn’t realize oil, oral sprays, and oil capsules are already legal. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Top Headlines From Around the Web Some First Nations Ban Ontario Cannabis Store […]

This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Dec. 14-20

Health Canada announces proposed regulations for edibles, extracts, and topicals, theCanadian Automobile Association’s latest PSA against impaired driving is a flop, and Manitoba announces plans to levy fees on Indigenous on-reserve cannabis stores, setting themselves up for a messy Indian Act legal challenge. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Top Headlines […]

This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Dec. 6-13

Clones are finally on sale in Newfoundland, public health experts are attacking Quebec’s plan to raise the age of cannabis consumption to 21, and changes to the Smoke Free Ontario act threaten the future of cannabis cafes in Canada’s most populous province. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Top Headlines From Around the Web […]

This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Nov. 30-Dec. 6

Canada’s inaugural “bongspiel” will bring together cannabis and curling this January, Quebec introduces a bill to raise the minimum age for cannabis consumption to 21, and 4/20-friendly craft fairs and pop-ups are here for the holidays. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Top Headlines From Around the Web Student Suing Hexo, […]

Wabanaki Cannabis Strain a Surprise to Namesake First Nations

In 1993, the First Nations of the Wabanaki Confederacy—the Mi’kmaq, the Maliseet, Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot, located on both sides of the US-Canadian border— joined together to formally renew their historic alliance for the first time since it was forcibly disbanded by the British in 1862. The gathering—occurring three years after the Oka Crisis, during […]

Legalization Day Recap: A Tour of Montreal’s 3 New SQDC Locations

On Legalization Day at 10:00 am, three outlets of the government-run Société Québécoise du Cannabis (SQDC) opened their doors in Montreal, out of twelve across the province—one located in the suburb of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, across from big-box park Marché Centrale; one located downtown on Ste-Catherine and Mansfield; and one in the former Plaza Saint-Hubert. I visited […]

Quebec Election Could Sweep in a Cannabis Clampdown

With less than a week to go ahead of the Quebec provincial election, those keeping track of cannabis politics in Quebec have a lot to consider. Quebec is set to begin adult-use legalization—in just over three weeks—with the nation’s most austere provincial cannabis laws. But opposition party Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) wants to crack down even […]

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