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Coca-Cola Considering CBD Product Line

The Coca-Cola Co. is the latest major beverage company to consider investing in the cannabis space, BNN Bloomberg reports. Coke, the… Read More

Border Patrol Official Confirms Lifetime Bans for Cannabis Employees

A senior U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Official has confirmed that Canadians who work in that country’s legal cannabis industry… Read More

Cannabis ETF Breaks $1 Billion in Assets

Ballooning cannabis stocks have caused Canadian-based Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF (HMMJ) to break $1 Billion CAD in assets… Read More

Cannabis Intoxication Roadside Testing Tech Coming to Canada

Police in Canada will soon have access to new testing technology to help check drivers for intoxication from cannabis and… Read More

Ontario Delays Launch of Private Cannabis Stores Until 2019

On Monday, Ontario’s government announced that it would start legal cannabis sales as online-only when it becomes legal on Oct.… Read More

Alcohol Distributor Constellation Brands Makes $4 Billion Cannabis Investment

Constellation Brands, the brewer of Corona beer and a major distributor for Svedka vodka, just invested nearly $4 billion (CAD… Read More

Shopify Locking Up Canadian Cannabis Market

Online retail giant Shopify has been cutting huge deals with Canadian provinces and cannabis producers to set itself up as… Read More

Cannabis Entrepreneurs Rush to Secure Toronto Retailer Locations

Entrepreneurs are flocking to Toronto, Ontario in order to secure real estate for future cannabis retailer locations, CBC reports. The rush… Read More

Afzal Hasan: Cannabis Industry Investments and Acquisitions

Afzal Hasan is the President and General Counsel for CannaRoyalty, a Canada-based investment firm with cannabis acquisitions in Canada, California,… Read More

Molson-Coors Latest Big Alcohol Player to Invest in Cannabis

In an effort to battle falling beer sales, Molson-Coors has embraced Canada’s legal cannabis market by partnering with The Hydropothecary… Read More

Canadian Cannabis Growers Will Be Federally Subsidized

Canada’s federal government will provide some of the same subsidies to cannabis growers that it does to traditional agriculture operations… Read More

Ontario Government to Allow Private Cannabis Retailers

An insider source reportedly says the Ontario government will allow for privately owned cannabis shops when Canada’s adult-use market comes… Read More

B.C. Search and Rescue Team Warns Against Stoned Hiking

As excitement grows over the imminent legalization of cannabis throughout Canada, a search and rescue team in British Columbia warned… Read More

Canadian Company Developing First Beer Brewed From Cannabis

Toronto-based Province Brands is developing the world’s first beer brewed using raw materials from the cannabis plant, The Guardian reports. Other… Read More

Canadian Company Tilray Has First U.S. Cannabis IPO

Canadian cannabis producer and processor Tilray made history last week as the first cannabis company to hold an initial public… Read More

New Grow Light Technology Being Tested in Canada

A new, broad-spectrum light that mimics sunlight more closely than others is being tested in Canada, the Edmonton Journal reports. The… Read More

B.C. Partners With 31 Licensed Producers for Looming Adult-Use Marketplace

British Columbia, Canada has signed agreements over production rights for the province’s adult-use cannabis market with 31 different licensed producers,… Read More

Canadian Cannabis Workers Targeted By U.S. Border Patrol

The U.S. Border Patrol has been giving lifetime bans at the border to those associated with Canada’s legal cannabis industry,… Read More

Saskatchewan Establishes Fines for Cannabis Crimes

Authorities in Saskatchewan, Canada have established a provincial fine structure for cannabis offenses for after federal legalization takes place in… Read More

Alberta Chooses Cannabis Producers to Serve Its Adult-Use Market

The Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis Commission (AGLC) announced the 13 licensed producers who will serve the province’s adult-use marketplace… Read More

Russia Condemns Canada’s Cannabis Legalization

The Russian Foreign Ministry has condemned Canada’s recent legalization of adult-use cannabis, according to a Newsweek report. The Ministry said in an… Read More

Canada’s Cannabis Packaging Rules Will Make Branding Difficult

While cannabis enthusiasts are celebrating the passage of Canada‘s historic legalization legislation this week, the rules agreed on by lawmakers… Read More

Trudeau Sets Industry Launch Date for Oct. 17

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Wednesday that the nation’s adult-use cannabis industry will officially launch on October 17, The… Read More

Canada Votes to Legalize Cannabis

Fulfilling a popular campaign promise of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada has officially voted to legalize the adult possession and… Read More