Industry update Inner Spirit leads cutthroat Canadian cannabis retail sector with 70 stores In tight competition with High Tide and Fire & Flower, the firm edges ahead in the retail footprint race with its expanding franchise model Nick LabaJanuary 7, 2021
Industry update Health Canada hints at increased grey market enforcement In a release of cannabis for medical purposes data, the agency highlights increasingly high daily doses prescribed by a small subset of practitioners Nick LabaDecember 18, 2020
Canada Walmart Canada illegally selling CBD products And legitimate Canadian cannabis operators aren't happy with the apparent lack of enforcement Nick LabaDecember 12, 2020
Industry update First Canadian health care workers approved for psilocybin therapy training Part of the program involves trainees taking psilocybin themselves Nick LabaDecember 8, 2020
Canada Ontario’s weed regulator to enhance oversight following audit discrepancies Ontario's Auditor General found from Sept. 2019 to July 2020, cannabis stores had 84,228 fewer units on hand than recorded in their inventory systems Nick LabaDecember 8, 2020
Canada Canadian ambassador’s cannabis investments not a conflict of interest: UN office A report this week revealed that career politician Bob Rae has stake in Green Amber Canada Nick LabaDecember 4, 2020
Industry update Are these countries next in line to legalize medical cannabis? During a successful UN vote, 6 countries where weed is federally illegal voted in favour of pro-medical international law Nick LabaDecember 2, 2020
Industry update Patient advocates urge UN to reschedule cannabis in upcoming vote NORML and Medical Cannabis Canada signed a statement supporting international policy reform that would drastically improve medical access and research Nick LabaNovember 27, 2020
Industry update OCS transitions to Guelph distribution centre Wholesale orders placed from Dec. 7 onwards will be fulfilled from the new DC Nick LabaNovember 25, 2020
Analysis Non-diverse cannabis health product committee ‘aligned’ with selection policy Health Canada says it considered demographic representation when choosing the group of nearly all white academics Nick LabaNovember 25, 2020