Canada Cannabis News

Square announced this week it was entering the Canadian cannabis space through a partnership with cannabis e-commerce company Jane Technologies.

High Times, the famed counterculture publication-turned-cannabis retailer, last week entered an intellectual property partnership with Lucy Scientific, a Canada-based company with holdings and operations in a variety of psychotropic businesses.

Tilray Brands Inc. last week acquired Truss Beverage Co. from Molson Coors Canada, further expanding the company’s cannabis market share position in Canada.

Cannabis company Tilray Brands Inc. has acquired eight beer and beverage brands from Anheuser-Busch, giving Tilray the fifth-largest craft beer position in the U.S.

Canadian cannabis company Cronos Group Inc. — which is backed by cigarette maker Altria Group Inc. — is reportedly in discussions to sell the company.

Cannabis sales in Canada grew 157% from May 2020 to May 2023, according to a recent report by cannabis intelligence firm Headset.

Public health officials in Ottawa, Canada are seeking to put graphic warning labels on cannabis packaging, similar to those on cigarettes and other tobacco products.

Cronos Group Inc. announced this week it will end its hemp-based CBD operations in the U.S. by the end of Q2 2023, aiming to improve company flash flow “in the near term” and position for entering the U.S. national THC market after the necessary reforms have taken place.

Canada-based INCA Renewable Technologies, which manufactures natural fiber composites, has secured $40 million in funding toward new hemp-related projects.

The Canadian Supreme Court last week ruled that Quebec’s ban on cannabis home grows is constitutional despite federal law, which lets individuals grow up to four plants at home for personal use.

Canadian cannabis company Adastra Holdings Ltd. said it received Health Canada approval to add psilocybin, psilocin, and cocaine to its substance dealer’s license.

Canadian cannabis firm Canopy Growth this week announced the closure of its Hershey Drive facility and layoffs for 60% of its staff as the company transitions to an “asset-light model.”

According to statistics from car insurance companies, cannabis law reforms have made no statistically significant impact on the rate of vehicular accidents in Canada and the U.S.

Canadian prosecutors have moved to withdraw all charges against three former executives for CannTrust, the beleaguered cannabis giant that was sunk by accusations of unlicensed cannabis cultivation.

Canada has appointed a panel of experts including doctors, academics, and lawyers to conduct its first-ever statutory review of the country’s cannabis legalization law.

British Columbia, Canada has launched a Producer Retail Store license that will allow adult-use standard producers, micro-producers, and nurseries to conduct on-site retail sales.

Longtime cannabis advocate, author, entrepreneur, and investor Steve DeAngelo published an op-ed this week that decries the cannabis industry’s drive for “scale” and calls for the widespread return of small, artisan operators.

Canopy Growth Corporation announced it will divest itself of its Canadian retail cannabis operations as it takes steps to continued growth as a consumer packaged goods company. 

In less than a decade, the cannabis industry has gone from seeing a worldwide blanket prohibition of the plant to today, where new and exciting cannabis opportunities can be found across the globe.

Canada will conduct a legislative review of its landmark cannabis legalization law, its first such review since cannabis became legal for adults nationwide in October 2018.

Elias Theodorou, a mixed martial arts fighter and the first professional athlete to be granted a therapeutic use exemption for medical cannabis, died of liver cancer.

The union worker’s strike over wages in British Columbia has resulted in about 500 job losses and the closure of 50 cannabis retail locations.

Mike Tyson’s cannabis brand, Tyson 2.0, has formed an exclusive partnership with cannabis company Hexo Corp. to bring its products to Canada.