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Cannabis company CannTrust fires CEO and chair in wake of illegal growing
The cannabis company that was caught by Health Canada for growing the drug in unlicensed greenhouses has fired its CEO…
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9 people arrested for selling cannabis outside of closed dispensaries
Toronto police charged nine people over the weekend for selling cannabis outside of two locations of CAFE — a chain of…
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Who’s really behind Toronto’s chain of illegal pot shops that won’t quit?
Amid scuffles and some shouting, a familiar scene played out in downtown Toronto last week. Law enforcement descended on an unlicensed cannabis…
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Sleeping driver at intersection now facing impaired driving charges
A 19-year-old man is facing impaired driving charges after police allegedly found him asleep behind the wheel with rum and…
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Illegal cannabis getting even cheaper
Statistics Canada’s quarterly report on cannabis prices suggests the cost chasm between legal and illegal versions of the drug is…
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CannTrust’s cannabis sales put on hold by Health Canada for unlicensed growing
A Canadian cannabis company has been found non-compliant by Health Canada for growing pot in greenhouse rooms that didn’t have…
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Registry to smoke pot in Mississauga condo building a ‘hit list,’ unit owner charges
At least one resident of a Mississauga condo building says its board is going too far by imposing a cannabis registry…
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Bruce Linton out as co-CEO of Canopy Growth
The co-founder and co-CEO of Canopy Growth, a Smiths Falls, Ont.-based cannabis company, says he has been pushed out. The…
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Ontario set to get 50 new cannabis stores
Ontario is set to get 50 more cannabis retail stores starting in October. The finance minister and attorney general say…
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Pot edibles could lead to higher life insurance premiums
Canadians looking to enjoy soon-to-be-legalized pot-infused edibles could get hit with higher insurance premiums — depending on the size of…
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Hundreds turn out for Fort McMurray’s 1st retail cannabis store
The sidewalk was lined with customers Wednesday as Fort McMurray residents waited for the region’s first cannabis store to open. Plantlife…
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Postpartum depression or anxiety reported by nearly a quarter of moms: StatsCan
New statistics suggest almost one-quarter of mothers experience either postpartum depression or an anxiety disorder in the months following birth,…
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Gatineau residents raise stink about massive cannabis facility
People who live in the community of Masson-Angers in eastern Gatineau, Que., are raising a stink about the emissions coming…
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Cannabis edibles and infused products could be $2.7B market, Deloitte estimates
The Canadian market for next-generation cannabis products is worth an estimated $2.7 billion annually, with edibles contributing more than half,…
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Cocaine use growing problem on fishing vessels, says industry rep
Concerns are growing in some Nova Scotia communities about the use of hard drugs such as cocaine on fishing vessels.…
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How industrial companies are grappling with legalized cannabis
Seven months after the legalization of recreational cannabis, Garnet Amundson’s worries have not abated. Amundson is chief executive of Calgary-based Essential…
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‘Price-conscious’ pot consumers find backyard planting way cheaper
For the first time, Canadians are busy planting weeds in their gardens, rather than trying to prevent them. Or more…
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Veterinarians lobby to expand pot laws to include pets
A group of veterinarians is in Ottawa today to lobby MPs to authorize the use of medical cannabis for animals.…
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‘Project Dos’ raids nab $17M in drugs from ‘high-level’ southern Ontario trafficking ring
Toronto police have charged eight people in connection with a series of drug busts in four southern Ontario cities that…
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Does cannabis make you mellow or manic? A new genetic test may explain why
About a year ago, the head of a cannabis company approached genetic technology expert John Lem with a problem; why…
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Health Canada changes cannabis licensing process in bid to cut wait times
Health Canada is changing its process for issuing cannabis licences, in a bid to reduce wait times, after a review…
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First-time cannabis use up after legalization, StatsCan reports
More Canadians say they’ve used cannabis recreationally since it was legalized last fall, particularly those aged 45 to 64 and…
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Cannabis, smartphones and mental illness
For years, workplace health and safety meant preventing physical harm to employees on the job, but social change brought on by things…
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Lessons from pot about legalizing other drugs in Canada: Don Pittis
Economists have been among the most insistent that the prohibition of drugs and alcohol doesn’t work. In what many have observed…
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Pot plant deals with cannabis stink at Edmonton airport
A skunky smell greeting travellers at Edmonton’s airport doesn’t mean stinky critters are running loose in the area. The scent…
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$1.6M in cannabis seized from white van, York police say
Police say they seized more than 163 kilos (360 pounds) of cannabis — worth more than $1.6 million — during a traffic stop…
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Pass it on, provinces: Cities say provincial governments hoarding marijuana tax cash
Some of Canada’s largest cities are not getting the money they were promised from taxes on cannabis, despite the increased costs…
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Cannabis: Aphria shares fall 12%
Cannabis company Aphria Inc. reported a loss of $108.2 million in its latest quarter as it took a one-time non-cash…
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A dozen Ontario pot shops are being penalized for not opening on time
A dozen Ontario cannabis retailers are being financially penalized for failing to open their stores at the beginning of this month.…
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Legalization pushed up price of pot by 17%, StatsCan says
The legalization of marijuana in Canada has caused the price of the drug overall to increase by about 17 per…
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