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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

Marlboro Parent Company Makes $1.8 Billion Bet On Cannabis

Altria Group Inc. announced today the world’s first “Big Tobacco” investment into the cannabis space: a whopping $1.8 billion for… Read More

Canada Using Sewage to Track Cannabis Consumption

Statistics Canada is performing tests on wastewater in Canada in an attempt to track consumption of cannabis and the size… Read More

Quebec May Outlaw Public Cannabis Consumption, Raise Age to 21

On Wednesday, the Quebec provincial legislature began discussing a bill to outlaw public cannabis consumption and raise the legal age… Read More

Marlboro Owner In Talks to Acquire Canadian LP Cronos

Altria, the parent company of Phillip Morris USA and maker of Marlboro cigarettes, is in talks with Canadian cannabis producer… Read More

Canadian LP Aphria Accused of Fraudulent Financials

Gabriel Grego of Quintessential Capital Management has accused Canadian producer Aphria of playing a shell game with shareholders by purchasing… Read More

Aurora Completes First Shipment of Cannabis to Czech Republic

Canadian licensed producer Aurora Cannabis has completed its first shipment of medical cannabis products to the Czech Republic, MarketWatch reports. The… Read More

One-Third of Canadian Cannabis Consumers Still Use Illicit Market

An Ipsos poll surveyed Canadians who have bought cannabis since October 17 and found that 35 percent used their pre-legalization… Read More

Ontario Cannabis Retailers Race to Satisfy Security, Insurance Requirements

Hopeful future cannabis retailers of Ontario are racing to make sure they have the necessary security and insurance protections for… Read More

Acreage Holdings Begins Trading in Canada

The U.S. cannabis holding company Acreage Holdings has completed a reverse-takeover and begun trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE),… Read More

Aurora Cannabis Reports 260% Year-Over-Year Revenue Increase

Aurora Cannabis told investors today during its earnings report that revenue had increased 260% since this time last year, CNBC reports.… Read More

First Canadian Dispensary on Indigenous Land Opens

The Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) in Manitoba, Canada is opening the first legal dispensary on First Nations land, according to… Read More

Zenabis Reverse-Takeover Stock Surges Following Release For Trading

Canadian licensed producer Zenabis, who recently merged with Bevo Agro Inc. via a reverse takeover, saw its share price surge more… Read More

Walmart Offering Cannabis Vaporizers Online in Canada

Walmart is now offering cannabis vaporizers online in Canada, according to a Leafly news report. Walmart.ca is carrying both the classic Volcano… Read More

Amid Cannabis Shortage, Vancouver Black Market Thrives

In Vancouver, British Columbia — and elsewhere across Canada — the illicit cannabis market still dominates despite federal legalization and… Read More

China and Japan Warn Citizens Visiting Canada Against Cannabis Use

China and Japan have joined South Korea in the ranks of Asian countries who have warned citizens against using cannabis… Read More