One of Canada’s biggest cannabis cultivators, Aphria Inc., is partnering with an upstart Canadian producer to build a 1 million-square-foot MJ greenhouse in the Ontario town of Leamington. Aphria (TSE: APH) said in a news release it also is pumping 2 million Canadian...
Budding cannabis entrepreneurs in Canada have a new resource to help get their businesses launched, thanks to some established players in the nation's marijuana industry. Leaf Forward, which claims to be the country’s first cannabis business accelerator program, will...
By Matt Lamers
Canadian cannabis companies eyeing the U.S. medical and recreational marijuana markets are finding them fraught with legal and regulatory pitfalls, prompting most of the big licensed producers to shun that country altogether – at least for now.
By Matt Lamers
Canadian medical marijuana companies are primed to tap what one industry executive calls “insane” growth overseas.
Flush with capital and largely free from American competition, Canadian licensed producers are spreading their wings to gain a first-mover advantage in new markets as more countries legalize marijuana for medical use.
MedReleaf has joined a growing list of Canadian licensed producers exporting medicinal flower and oil products overseas. The Markham, Ontario-based company on Tuesday said it completed the first-ever shipment of medical cannabis oil to Brazil. It was also the first...
One of Canada's stock exchanges has sought to ease concerns it could become harder for investors to trade the shares of Canadian marijuana companies with U.S. assets, saying such businesses can list their stocks provided they meet disclosure rules and other listing...
Shares of the five licensed cannabis companies that trade on the the Toronto Stock Exchange were down Friday after reports surfaced that it could become harder for investors to deal in the shares of Canadian marijuana firms with U.S. assets. [include_post...
Manitoba's medical marijuana businesses want to ensure that local MJ businesses get a crack at participating in the province's emerging recreational cannabis market. MMJ retailers and licensed producers (LP) in Winnipeg are urging the provincial government to adopt a...
By Matt Lamers Canadian marijuana producers confront major changes that promise to reshape the nation's MJ industry, ranging from the planned rollout of recreational cannabis next summer to a potential deluge of new growers entering the market. Among the companies...
The number of registered medical marijuana patients in Alberta doubled, and the number of doctors prescribing MMJ rose 50% in the first quarter of this year, indicating the drug is becoming more accessible to the province's 4.1 million people. The increases bode well...
Cannabis Wheaton received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange to purchase 15 million Canadian dollars ($12 million) of ABcann shares. The transaction is part of a larger CA$30 million investment Cannabis Wheaton is making to fund the construction of a...
Canada's marijuana-related companies collectively raised more than $770 million in the first half of 2017 - a nearly 1,700% increase from a year earlier - as businesses prepare to ramp up production to meet growing demand at home and abroad. The funding windfall comes...
