Canada

Chinese visitors warned about "harmfulness" of weed, cautioned to read product labels thoroughly to avoid accidentally smuggling pot products into China

The Quebec-based pot producer launched its low-cost 28-gram product, under the brand Original Stash, in its home province for $4.49 per gram in an effort to disrupt the illicit market and its $5.59 average price per gram.

Sproutly adds a premium cannabis brand to its already stacked portfolio of "coming soon" items with Caliber after receiving its flower sales license from Health Canada

Edibles, extracts and topicals are now legal, but a new study found half of Canadians don't know how to use cannabis, while one third are feeling left behind when it comes to information on pot products.

The distinct retro weed brand, backed by the Pineapple Express star and Canopy Growth, launched two new products that are available across Canada in a colour-coded strain system.

The Calgary-based pot company's 15,000 square foot facility can process 65,000 kilograms of cannabis for second-phase products like edibles and concentrates that will hit store shelves later this year.

Canadian cannabis producer Aphria Inc. became the first major pot company to report a second consecutive quarter of profits, despite an industry-wide slump.

CannTrust will destroy $77 million of illegally grown cannabis to get its growing and selling licenses back, which were suspended by Health Canada in September.

Pot prices from the legal market dropped for the first time last quarter, but illicit weed is still significantly cheaper and reports show the black market still accounts for more than 80 per cent of sales in Canada.

The joint-partnership between the massive brewer Anheuser-Busch Inbev NV and global cannabis pioneer Tilray Inc., announced this week it will commercialize a non-alcoholic, CBD-infused beverage for Canadians likely hitting markets in December 2019.

Mugglehead talks to Everett Knight, executive vice president of strategy and investments at Valens, how the extraction company's focus on quality is helping it land big contracts ahead of Cannabis 2.0.

Neptune Wellness Solutions Cannabis Business president Michel Timperio tells Mugglehead how the company moved from krill oil to the eighth highest ranked stock on the TSX30.

The two companies said they have been pouring in resources the last five months to develop water soluble pot drinks they expect will make a big splash in the $2.7 billion derivatives market.

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic examine lung tissue samples from 17 patients associated with the vaping health crisis that has sickened 1,080 Americans since April.

Canadian LP James E. Wagner Cultivation Corp is giving a Kitchener, Ontario auto parts factory a second lease on life by retrofitting the vacant building into a cannabis cultivation facility.

The town of 9,000 already is home to pot giant Canopy Growth and plans to add cannabis-themed spas, golf courses, cafes and breweries to become Canada's cannabis capital.

Revenues grew 281 per cent for the Calgary-based company, but it also recorded a $3.7 million loss in the last quarter.

One in 25 Canadians said they go to work high according to a new Ipsos poll, but workplace productivity hasn't suffered.

Four cannabis companies placed in the top eight hottest growing stocks on the inaugural Toronto Stock Exchange's top 30 list.

Canopy Growth bought a majority share of BioSteel, a sports drink company, to bring CBD-infused beverages to the athletic world.

The Seattle-based cannabis media company launches a brand new user-friendly guide to marijuana strains, colour coding cannabinoids and terpenes in flower-like visualizations.

The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, shows for the first time how CBD cancels out the negative side-effects of THC in rats such as paranoia, anxiety and addictive behaviours.

Nearly all pot stocks have declined double digits since March as investors become wary of promises over results and in September the sector kept taking a beating.

The Ontario government is exploring cannabis distribution alternatives as it's running out of warehouse space ahead of the next wave of pot products, according to a BNN Bloomberg report.

The Ontario-based extraction pioneer inked a sales deal with Canadian pot producer TerrAscend, while also entering Germany's medical pot market and gaining organic certification all in a span of six days.

Canada's legal cannabis industry brought in $104 million in July sales, up more than 14% over sales in June, according to StatsCan. The country is on pace to rake in $1 billion in the first year of legalization.

In a note titled, “Don’t Smoke the Kool-Aid,” MKM Partners analyst Bill Kirk warned investors the pot industry may see little profits, but he was bullish on Hexo because of its brand power.

At nearly the exact time Canopy announced its CEO hiring plans, Linton revealed he's joining two U.S. cannabis companies and one Toronto based medical psychedelic company.

While Alberta leads the way with 284 pot shot licences being issued, other provinces lag being in brick-and-mortar infrastructure which is allowing the black market to thrive.

The beleaguered producer's licences to sell and cultivate pot were suspended by the federal regulator Sept. 17, making it more likely the CannTrust saga will end with a breakup of the company.

An Ontario judge will rule on Sept. 25 whether 11 disqualified applicants should be allowed to keep their cannabis store licences, but the ruling could delay the retail-starved province's store rollout.

While investors await Health Canada's ruling on how it will enforce CannTrust's compliance breaches, the small pot producer's licences were suspended due to "critical observations" by the federal agency.

The Ontario Securities Commission accuses three former executives of Canada Cannabis Corp. who raised more than $10 million of defrauding its 125 investors.

Westleaf and its Prairie Records cannabis retail chain was named the top Canadian retailer at a major exposition in the same weekend the company opened its first Alberta location in Calgary.

Amid a breakout of vape-related lung illnesses in the U.S., the industry is calling for products to be regulated, while in Canada, pot firms say their legal vapes are rigorously tested and safe.

Between more store rollouts and Cannabis 2.0 coming in the Canadian market, and potential legalization in the U.S., the investment dealer says "the cannabis trade is not over."

Shares of the Edmonton-based pot producer dropped 9% Sept. 12 as it posted $99 million in Q4 revenue, which was below its own August guidance and analysts expectations.

The Toronto-based pot firm plans to accelerate production of its high-THC strain Unite Organic as strong demand has prompted an early second order from the OCS.

Ontario-based CannabCo is waiting on a Health Canada production licence to start offering consumers a cannabis strain they claim is virtually odourless, amid growing complaints over pot's skunky stink.