Online, the company bills itself as the “first Canadian retail pharmacy chain to offer a variety of cannabis products to medical cannabis patients,” but while product information is available nationally, Shoppers Drug Mart can initially only sell medical cannabis to patients in Ontario. RELATED STORY Shoppers Drug Mart Granted License to Sell Medical Cannabis Online […]
TORONTO — Applications are now being accepted from those looking to enter a lottery to apply for the first 25 retail cannabis licenses in Ontario. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) began to accept expressions of interest on its website at 12:01 a.m. today and will take applications until noon Wednesday. The draw […]
Vancouver’s first licensed cannabis store is set to open this week. Evergreen Cannabis owner Mike Babins said the store was issued its provincial license on Christmas Eve and plans to open its doors on Jan. 5. As long as it receives a municipal license, it will be the first legal store in the city since […]
Shoppers Drug Mart has been granted a license to sell medical cannabis online. Health Canada’s list of authorized cannabis producers and sellers has been updated to reflect that the pharmacy giant can fill prescriptions for dried and fresh cannabis, as well as plants, seeds, and oil. A website has been set up by the company, […]
LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO (CP) — Aphria Inc. says it stands behind its Latin American operations as its shares continued to fall in the wake of a short-sellers’ report that raised questions about the company’s acquisitions in the region. Aphria chief executive Vic Neufeld said Tuesday the acquisition of licenses and other assets and related businesses in […]
Cannabis, long snuck on to college and university campuses for use in bongs and joints, is now being grown legally at several academic institutions across the country. Eight academic institutions have obtained licenses from Health Canada to cultivate cannabis for scientific purposes, allowing them to closely study the drug that was legalized for recreational use […]
TORONTO (CP) — The Ontario government has released regulations that will guide the startup of private cannabis stores on April 1. The stand-alone stores can be open any day between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m., but they must be at least 150 metres away from schools and bar entry to anyone under 19 years old. […]
TORONTO (CP) — Ontario’s only outlet for legal recreational cannabis has eliminated its backlog on orders and is “back on track” when it comes to deliveries, the provincial government said Monday after weeks of delays at the online store. Finance Minister Vic Fedeli said the government-run Ontario Cannabis Store is returning to its original delivery […]
TORONTO (CP) — Canada Post publicly admitted to a privacy breach involving thousands of Ontario’s online cannabis customers on Wednesday after the province’s only outlet for legal recreational marijuana notified clients of the problem. The postal service said in a statement that someone had used its delivery tracking tool to gain access to personal information […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS–Cannabis retailers are already running low or completely cleaned out just three days after cannabis was made legal across Canada. Product shortages are expected in both brick-and-mortar and online stores could last “up to at least six months” according to Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries. “Every province–not just Manitoba–is receiving substantially less cannabis than […]
