A Manitoba First Nation is making a major investment in a Canadian company that operates medical cannabis clinics, adding itself to a growing list of indigenous communities getting involved in the MMJ sector.
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Prince Edward Island weighs government-run cannabis stores
Another Canadian province is signaling that recreational marijuana could be sold through a government-run monopoly, which would severely curtail business opportunities for entrepreneurs wanting a piece of the retail pie. Prince Edward Island Premier Wade MacLauchlan...
Canada’s Tilray to spend $24M to build marijuana facility in Portugal
Tilray plans to spend 20 million euros ($24 million) to build a medical marijuana production facility in Portugal to serve the European Union, becoming the second Canadian licensed producer to unveil plans to build an overseas cultivation operation for exporting MMJ....
New Brunswick task force backs government-run marijuana stores
A New Brunswick legislative panel is recommending that recreational marijuana be sold through government-run stores to people at least 19 years old, a move that would limit opportunities for cannabis entrepreneurs interested in retail opportunities. The Select...
Canada’s Cronos dips toes in Caribbean medical cannabis market
Cronos Group is exporting medical marijuana oil to the Cayman Islands, making it the second Canadian MMJ producer to ship the product to the Caribbean island. CEO Mike Gorenstein described the sale - the company's first to the Caribbean - as a “trial run” before...
Canada needs to expand recreational marijuana products: Q&A with Tilray CEO Brendan Kennedy
Tilray CEO Brendan Kennedy spoke discusses how he sees the cannabis market in Canada unfolding over the next two years.
Canada’s cannabis sector doesn’t see big changes from new minister
Canada has a new health minister, but the marijuana industry doesn’t expect to see a significant shift in the federal government's cannabis policy ahead of next year's launch of recreational MJ. New Brunswick MP Ginette Petitpas Taylor was named health minister in a...
Provincial Preview: New Brunswick banking on cannabis, offering industry financial sweeteners
By Matt Lamers
The prospect of a thriving cannabis industry has New Brunswick entrepreneurs seeing green ahead of next year’s nationwide rollout of adult-use marijuana.
The Atlantic province – Canada’s third-smallest by population – has made marijuana a pillar of its economic strategy.
Canopy reveals plan for marijuana expansion into Atlantic Canada
Canada’s biggest medical marijuana producer unveiled more details about its expansion into Atlantic Canada, a four-province region currently home to only two companies licensed to cultivate and sell MMJ. Canopy Growth is buying Fredericton, New Brunswick-based Spot...
Canada’s Cronos secures $32M for big indoor marijuana facility
Cronos Group secured 40 million Canadian dollars ($32 million) for the continued construction of its 315,000-square-foot new Peace facility in Stayner, Ontario, which it says is the largest purpose-built indoor cannabis production facility in the world. [include_post...
Vancouver Island marijuana grower issues recall
A licensed producer of medical cannabis in British Columbia has recalled 28 kilograms of dried marijuana it produced a year ago after an unauthorized pesticide was found in one of its samples, making it the seventh LP to recall MMJ this year. Broken Coast Cannabis, of...
Marijuana cultivators up 20% in Canada as industry scrambles to meet growing demand
By Matt Lamers The number of licensed medical marijuana producers in Canada has jumped 20% over the past few months after the nation's top regulator dedicated more resources to processing cultivator applications to meet growing demand for cannabis. Since revamping...
