Canada

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.

The Calgary-based company launched two new stores last week in the Wild Rose province and has its sights on operating 25 pot shops in total nationwide by mid-September.

Mugglehead speaks with Dr. Arup Sen, chief science officer at Sproutly, about its industry-leading technology used to develop high quality infused beverages with precise THC dosing.

While wine tourism brings in big money, Canadian federal rules for marketing pot are causing opportunities for cannabis tourism to go up in smoke.

Mugglehead talks to University of British Columbia's M-J Milloy who is studying how cannabis might help with opioid addiction while big pharma is being sued for millions.

Employees at the embattled pot producer allegedly sourced out black market cannabis seeds and tainted the legal supply with illicit weed, according to BNN Bloomberg.

Two deaths and hundreds of cases of a mysterious lung illness all linked to vaping e-cigarettes or illegal cannabis oil in the U.S. has sparked investigations in Canada and south of the border.

Mugglehead speaks with MediPharm president Keith Strachan about how the cannabis extraction pioneer is gearing up for the launch of Cannabis 2.0 products in Canada.

Vivien Azer at Cowen & Co. cut her price target on the Canadian pot producer to $60 from $150, but she believes the stock's recent collapse presents a buying opportunity.

The Nanaimo, B.C.-based licensed producer made a retail power grab by acquiring Four20, which operates six licensed stores in Alberta and has secured 16 other shops.

The Vancouver-based pot producer inked a deal with a "Canadian beverage technology company" to ready itself for the coming next-phase infused product launch in Canada later this year.

Mugglehead talks with Adam Coates, chief commercial officer at Westleaf, how the company will produce next-phase cannabis products at its newly-minted extraction facility designed by world-leading scientists.

Victoria-based Paracanna launched a DIY kit for consumers to legally infuse cannabis oil into gummies ahead of the second-wave of legalization.

Ontario selected 42 operators from its second cannabis retail lottery Aug. 20, but critics say the new stores still won't be enough to combat the black market while pointing out other issues.

Statistics Canada's national survey of licensed producers reveals a surge in employment and reports there are now 175 companies operating in the cannabis space.

Despite 40 per cent of its market value being wiped out since March, the Edmonton-based company has bold plans to dominate the global hemp CBD market moving forward.

Pot-infused gummies, shatter and face creams will be legal in Canada at the end of the year and a survey conducted by Ernst & Young and Lift & Co. suggests those items will attract three million additional consumers.

The National Cannabis Survey also shows 42 per cent of Canadians who said they use pot bought it from the black market.

Shares of Canopy sunk to their lowest level this year, as the Ontario-based cannabis giant saw pot sales decline in Canada for the third straight quarter while losses continue to pile.

Shares of the B.C.-based pot producer tumbled after it posted a wider-than-expected loss for the second quarter and despite revenues nearly doubling from the last quarter.