“I realized that I can control my reaction through my actions,” says Superette’s Thaomy Lam. “I am lucky enough to be able to work from home and buy enough groceries to last a full week.” Thaomy Lam’s daily walks are incomplete without her ritual. Every time she steps outside to …
Read More »‘These are people’s real livelihoods’: Will Ottawa provide COVID-19 relief for cannabis companies?
Tantalus Labs founder Dan Sutton says the Business Development Bank of Canada will not assist the ailing sector More bad news could be on the horizon for the Canadian cannabis industry. On Monday night, Dan Sutton, the CEO and founder of BC-based cannabis cultivator Tantalus Labs, tweeted that a senior …
Read More »Cannabis company Canopy Growth closing Tokyo Smoke and Tweed retail stores
SMITH FALLS, ONT. — Cannabis company Canopy Growth Corp. says it’s closing all of its corporate-owned Tokyo Smoke and Tweed stores later today in an effort to help limit the spread of COVID-19. The company says its 23 corporate stores in Newfoundland, Saskatchewan and Manitoba as well as the Tweed …
Read More »Muskoka Grown Ships First Order of High-Quality Craft Cannabis to Ontario Cannabis Store
Muskoka Grown Cannabis Products Now Available in Ontario BRACEBRIDGE, ON, March 16, 2020 /CNW/ – Muskoka Grown Limited (“Muskoka Grown” or the “Company”), a leading producer of high-quality craft cannabis, is pleased to announce it has successfully completed its first shipment to the Ontario Cannabis Store (“OCS”), marking its entrance …
Read More »Ontario Cannabis sales spike as people are told to self-isolate
Ontario cannabis sales spike amid COVID-19 concerns Ontario is seeing record cannabis sales with online orders up 80 per cent this weekend, as people are being told to self-isolate amid COVID-19 concerns. Ontario Cannabis Store says there has been “a marked increase” in online orders over the last three days, …
Read More »Canada’s first cannabis ‘cigarette’ in production
After gaining attention when they announced their cigarette-style “pure cannabis sticks” Kelowna-Based THC BioMed has now started production. It will be the first filtered cigarette-style pre-roll available in Canada and aimed at being an alternative for smokers looking to quit. Intended for a single-use session, they include commercial-grade filters said …
Read More »Bring on pot perestroika—and improve Canadian governments’ fiscal capacity to respond to COVID-19
Every day, there’s more awful economic news related to the novel coronavirus. Concerts are being cancelled. Professional sports leagues are on hiatus. Airlines are warning of staff layoffs. Restaurant managers are seeing more empty tables than ever before. Cultural industries and tourism have been hobbled. Universities have become ghost towns. …
Read More »Canada defends marijuana legalization in response to international skepticism
The Canadian government touted the benefits of its legal, regulated marijuana market in comments to the United Nations recently, saying that since legal sales began in the country a year and a half ago, “the illegal market has already lost 30% of its market share” and “rates of use have …
Read More »NFLD 68 year old faces charges after RCMP traffic stop leads to big seizure of edibles including cotton candy.
Cannabis cotton candy, cannabis chocolates and what appears to be handmade edibles among the haul. A 68-year-old man from Twillingate, Nfld., is facing charges after Nova Scotia RCMP officers seized a “significant quantity of cannabis edibles” along with a shipment of illegal tobacco during a traffic stop on WednesdaY The …
Read More »Study: Daily cannabis use lowers odds of using illicit opioids for pain management in drug-using populations
The current working hypothesis theorizes that people might be substituting their opioid use for cannabis once it becomes legal. File Alex Nguyen A recent study from the BC Centre on Substance Use and UBC has found an association between daily cannabis use and lowered odds of illicit opioid use, suggesting …
Read More »