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DNA Test to Predict Cannabis Effects Launched in Alberta Dispensaries

A DNA test conducted in under an hour that claims to predict certain effects from cannabis that differ person to… Read More

Health Canada Warns Cannabis Online Age Gates Not Good Enough

Canada’s national Health Department sent a letter to all licensed cannabis producers in the country that normal age gates —… Read More

Law Firm Sues U.S. Customs Over Lifetime Bans for Canadian Cannabis Workers

The American law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is suing U.S. Customs and Border Protection over the organization’s failure to… Read More

Martha Stewart & Canopy Growth Form CBD Partnership

Lifestyle celebrity Martha Stewart is teaming up with Canadian licensed producer Canopy Growth to produce a line of CBD products… Read More

Quebec Bill 2 to Ban Public Cannabis Consumption Under Fire by Patients

Quebec’s Bill 2, written to raise the legal age for cannabis consumption and ban public smoking, is the target of… Read More

Survey: 1 in 6 Canadians Have Used Cannabis Since Legalization

Statistics Canada released updated cannabis consumer data compiled over the months since legalization in October, according to a Motley Fool report. The… Read More

Tilray Acquires Hemp Company for $317 Million

Canadian Licensed Producer Tilray has acquired Manitoba Harvest, a large hemp food maker, for $317 million in the LP’s largest… Read More

Police Issue More Tickets For Tobacco Than Cannabis In Edmonton, Alberta

The city of Edmonton, Alberta has only issued three tickets for violating cannabis bylaws since legalization, significantly less than the… Read More

Due to Canada’s Roll-Out Issues, Most Cannabis Sales Remain Illicit

A variety of issues with Canada’s rollout of the legal cannabis market is expected to keep 71 percent of cannabis… Read More

Quebec’s New Cannabis Awareness Campaign Is Utterly Weird

Quebec launched an awareness campaign this week targeting youth and young adults who are considering experimenting with cannabis. The campaign… Read More

Canadian Producer Profit Projections Are Falling Significantly

In the last 90 days, Wall Street analysts have significantly lowered their projections of earnings-per-share for several major publicly-traded cannabis… Read More

Canadian Stock Exchanges Holding Lottery for Ticker Symbol POT

The stock symbol POT, formerly for the now-defunct Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, has become available in Canada and interest is… Read More

Major Cannabis Cancer Study Planned In Canada

The B.C. Cancer Foundation will be using private donations to conduct a first of its kind study on cannabis’ effects… Read More

Vancouver Officials Alarmed By Cannabis Candies Left On Windshields

On the last day of the Lift & Co. Cannabis Business Conference in Vancouver, someone distributed sample packages of cannabis… Read More

Aphria’s CEO and Co-Founder Step Down

Canadian cannabis producer Aphria, which was accused in December by a short seller and then targeted by a hostile takeover,… Read More

Quebec Landlords Have Until Jan. 15 to Ban Cannabis in Rentals

Landlords in Quebec, Canada have until January 15 to notify tenants if they intend to ban cannabis smoking, The Montreal… Read More

Ontario Opens Lottery for First 25 Retail Cannabis Licenses

Ontario, Canada opened its application process on Monday for businesses seeking one of the province’s 25 initial retail cannabis licenses,… Read More

U.S. Company Plans Hostile Takeover of Canadian LP Aphria

U.S.-based cannabis grower Green Growth Brands is considering a hostile takeover of Canadian licensed producer Aphria, according to Bloomberg. Aphria’s stock… Read More

Canada Releases Draft Rules for Edibles, Topicals

Health Canada has announced regulations to allow the production and distribution of cannabis edibles and topicals, the CBC reports. The… Read More

Tilray Strikes Global Distribution Deal With Pharma Giant Sandoz

Tilray has entered a partnership with Sandoz Canada and extended an existing medical cannabis distribution deal to include the rest… Read More

Montreal to Spend $1.3 Million Combating Illicit Cannabis

Montreal, Quebec has set aside $1.3 million in funding to combat the local illicit cannabis market, according to the Montreal Gazette.… Read More

Colleges Across Canada Are Adding Cannabis Production Classes

Canadian colleges are starting to add for-credit cannabis classes to their offerings as the cannabis sector grows, The Washington Post reports.… Read More

Canada Unveils New Cannabis Testing Standards for 2019

Health Canada has announced new pesticide testing rules for licensed producers in Canada, The Growth Op reports. Starting January 2, Canada… Read More

Aurora Strikes Supply Deal With Mexican Pharmaceutical Company

Aurora Cannabis has announced that it completed a medical cannabis supply deal with Mexican pharmaceutical company Farmacias Magistrales, according to… Read More