Saskatoon cannabis store owners are breathing a sigh of relief after city council has decided to reduce the amount they collect from their annual business licence fee. Cierra Sieben-Chuback is one of the business owners who is getting a break from the $10,000 fee. Story continues below “To see is […]
MONTREAL – A pilot project that analyzed wastewater in five major urban centres suggests Canadians’ may use drugs differently depending on which city they call home. For example, the analysis by Statistics Canada showed cannabis levels are much higher in Montreal and Halifax than in Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton. But […]
How much marijuana is really in that pot brownie? Chocolate can throw off potency tests so labels aren’t always accurate, and now scientists are trying to figure out why. In states where marijuana is legal, pot comes in cookies, mints, gummies, protein bars – even pretzels. These commercial products are […]
A legal pot farm in Norfolk County was robbed by several armed people on Sunday, police say. Norfolk County OPP say several people armed with handguns forced their way into a cannabis farm on Concession 14, Townsend, Norfolk County at around 2;30 p.m. READ MORE: Ontario village surprised by appearance […]
Albertans have spent the most money on cannabis since it was legalized last fall, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada. Story continues below New data from Statistics Canada published Monday looked at the amount sold at cannabis retail stores — broken down by province and territory — between October […]
A biochemist at the University of New Brunswick says the legalization of recreational cannabis has opened the door for scientists to find new medical uses for the plant. Yang Qu says cannabis is rapidly being transformed from an underground species into an industrial crop that awaits medical and agricultural development. […]
Health authorities in Illinois say a patient who vaped has died after being hospitalized with a severe respiratory illness. The Illinois Department of Public Health has not revealed the patient’s gender, age or even how the patient died. The death comes as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
If you live or work in Galt, you may have already noticed some new banners that will begin popping up on city streets across Waterloo Region soon. The banners, which will appear in the three centres in Cambridge as well as in downtown Kitchener and uptown Waterloo, are being rolled […]
As promised, the names of 42 applicants across Ontario who won a lottery that may allow them to open a cannabis store were announced Wednesday, In the normal course of things, their 42 proposed sites would have been announced as well. But there were only 41 on the list: a […]
Business owner Jennawae McLean and her business partner have been in the cannabis industry since 2010. This is the second time her store, Calyx + Trichomes in Kingston’s west end, has missed out on being chosen in the cannabis retail store lottery. “They need to get rid of this lottery […]