Hexo Corp. is buying competitor 48North Cannabis Corp. in an all-stock deal worth approximately 50 million Canadian dollars ($41 million), the companies said Monday morning, continuing the Ottawa, Ontario-headquartered company’s recent acquisition spree. The planned...
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Aurora Cannabis shakes up board, eyes cuts after CA$165 million quarterly loss
Aurora Cannabis announced a shake-up of its board of directors and is eyeing tens of millions of dollars in additional cost savings as the Alberta, Canada-based company reported another large quarterly loss amid sharp drops in its adult-use and international sales....
Sundial’s adult-use cannabis revenue dives 38% in quarter
Sundial’s revenue from recreational cannabis in Canada plunged by more than one-third in its most recent quarter compared to the previous period, as the company took a hit from price compression and provincial wholesalers culling slow-moving products. The Calgary,...
Marijuana producer Pure Sunfarms reports small quarterly sales growth
Canadian marijuana producer Pure Sunfarms reported a small increase in net sales in the January-March quarter compared to the preceding three months, bucking an industry trend in which most large licensed producers lost momentum in the early part of this year. British...
Cannabis firm Tilray reports $341 million net loss in last stand-alone quarter
Tilray's recreational and medical cannabis revenue plunged in the final quarter before its merger with Aphria went into effect May 3, and the company recorded a net loss of nearly $350 million. Tilray's red ink rose in part due to a large litigation settlement,...
Cannabis firm Cronos’ CEO gets CA$12 million-plus in partial-year pay
Canadian cannabis producer Cronos Group paid CEO Kurt Schmidt more than $10 million (12.2 million Canadian dollars) in salary and other compensation in 2020, according to the Toronto-based company’s recently disclosed proxy circular, even as the operation continued to...
Green Organic Dutchman plans cannabis greenhouse sale by summer
Canadian producer Green Organic Dutchman expects to sell its massive greenhouse in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, by the end of June, becoming the latest company to unload a cultivation facility amid a glut of cannabis.
Cronos reports $161 million net loss on cannabis revenue of $12.6 million in Q1
Canadian cannabis producer Cronos reported a net loss of $161 million (195 million Canadian dollars) for its January-March quarter on net revenue of only $12.6 million, according to its quarterly financial statement released Friday. The Toronto-based company's...
Aurora Cannabis CEO discusses greenhouse ‘arms race’ and firm’s future
CEO Miguel Martin discusses lessons learned from Aurora Cannabis’ past and how the firm’s transformation plan will impact the future.
Canadian cannabis extracts topped CA$324 million in sales in 2020
Sales of cannabis extracts and concentrates tripled between the first and final quarter of last year, ending 2020 with roughly 324 million Canadian dollars ($265 million) in retail sales, according to new Statistics Canada data. It was the...
Tilray, Aphria complete blockbuster marijuana merger
Once-rival cannabis producers Tilray and Aphria completed their megamerger, the new company announced Monday, forming one of the biggest diversified marijuana, hemp and beer companies in the world.
Organigram CEO Engel exits struggling marijuana producer
Greg Engel, longtime CEO of Moncton, New Brunswick-based marijuana producer Organigram Holdings, is stepping away from the struggling business, effective immediately, the company said early Monday. No reason was given for Engel's departure. ...












