Canada

Valens expects LYF's health and wellness-focused products will help drive the edibles category to 10% of Canada's legal cannabis market

Proposed by Health Canada, the change would allow patients to access restricted substances like MDMA through the Special Access Program

The head grower of one of Canada's leading cannabis producers speaks on being quality-focused from day one and what's next for the brand

Continued stigma and regulatory burdens are causing ongoing accessibility issues for Canadian cannabis patients, group members say

Big bureaucracies lengthen time from harvest to retail, increasing pathogens and need for irradiation

Ottawa needs to follow the Lincoln State's lead and scrap its 'paltry' record suspension program

While these 365 days will be defined by a pandemic, it was also a year legal reform spread, sales soared and capital markets rallied

As more medium-to-small producers came into play this year, great weed started hitting legal shelves at fairer prices

Following a surge of interest, ibogaine therapy in the country disappeared. But recent signs show regulators are warming to the promising plant

The federal agency reports a rise in national pot use and medical cannabis registrations in 2020, as well as new enforcement data

While the OCS says it's fighting the illicit market in its Q2 report, a Toronto retailer offers other ways to make Ontario's legal pot better

And legitimate Canadian cannabis operators aren't happy with the apparent lack of enforcement

On Dec. 12, the federal agency begins a 30-day public comment period on amending regulations on research, packaging, possession limits, and more

It doesn't understand business, and it never had a mandate to do so, said Aurora's Kym Purchase in a meeting on marketing, promotions and labelling

But approving 80 retail licences a month will lead to saturation in some regions, according to BCMI analyst Chris Damas

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

A report this week revealed that career politician Bob Rae has stake in Green Amber Canada

Brock University's Michael Armstrong argues Canada's restrictive labelling rules incentivize producers to maximize THC content and minimize price

While countries with less progressive weed laws move ahead with sensible CBD regulations, Canadian professionals are putting face to palm

Canopy was fined $36K for sending 'well-intentioned' care packages to retailers in April that stayed open during early days of the pandemic

Health Canada says it considered demographic representation when choosing the group of nearly all white academics

Founder Neil Magnuson says his harm-reduction society won't give up — even after being raided and evicted from its storefront

The Saskatchewan craft grower's dedication to quality shows leadership despite costly shutdown to remove the fungus

But business owners question why the provincial distributor should have a say in their policies at all

With Democrats still in range of taking the US Senate, the country's biggest operators could pull even further ahead of their Canadian counterparts, says Pierce Crosby of TradingView

In its first roundtable, the National Cannabis Working Group spoke on a number of industry-related pain points

Incoming lower microbial limits could force small growers to irradiate their product, hiking costs and hurting quality in the process

The Ontario-based super-producer saw Q2 sales grow 23% while it adjusted its US expansion strategy for a Democrat in the White House

As part of National Pain Awareness Week, Canopy's chief medical officer discusses how Canadians are navigating chronic pain with weed

Nov. 11, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s National Cannabis Working Group begins a series of roundtables on regulatory reforms that would benefit the sector

Federal investment in Canada's cannabis industry would create significant job growth, says ACCRES president Matthew Greenwood

Radio-host-turned-weed-retailer Mike Babins's years of patiently playing the long-game is finally paying off

Analyst Chris Damas gives investors his industry leaders in Canada and the U.S., which could win big if Democrats take power

A well-run online event took attendees through informative panels featuring some of the industry's most prominent voices and topics

Ottawa should audit the personal medical cannabis growing regime and allow medical growers to sell to the legal market: David Clement of the CCC

Supply gluts, collapsing wholesale prices and Canadian regulations put an incoming 360,000 kgs of outdoor weed at risk of going unsold

A recent questionnaire highlights how a taxed system with strictly commercial access leaves patients treating themselves outside official channels

The data firm says it aims to re-establish access to supply chain information cut off by government distributors, empowering producers and retailers

Figures from 2019 vary significantly with previous news reports, which could land Health Canada in hot water if it can't explain why

Chipping away at a backlog of applications creates challenges for operators hoping to expand