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COVID-19 sharpens focus on digital cannabis marketing in Canada

A captive audience in search of digital distraction, combined with boosted cannabis demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, means…

News April 17
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Ontario to hold lottery for 42 new recreational cannabis stores

Ontario’s plan to belatedly add more cannabis stores to its underwhelming roster of 23 authorizations is a sign…

News July 3
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Ontario cannabis sales see major boost from physical store rollout; BC sales drop

Adult-use cannabis sales in Canada’s largest consumer market more than doubled in April on the back of new store…

News June 23
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Canadian government ‘digs deeper into pockets’ of medical cannabis users with THC tax

Canada’s plan to apply a scaled tax to new cannabis products based on THC content could end up…

News March 22
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Ontario to accept cannabis retail applications in December; here’s how to prepare

Canada’s largest recreational cannabis market will start accepting applications in December for prospective retail outlets to open next…

News November 2
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Cannabis legislation in Ontario expected in late September

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is expected to introduce legislation in late September to regulate the recreational cannabis industry,…

News September 8
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Canadian rec marijuana retail opportunities: Ontario gloom versus ‘Alberta euphoria’

Cannabis retailers face starkly different futures in Canada as West Coast entrepreneurs prepare for a retail cannabis “gold…

News December 1
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Prestigious Toronto business club hosts its first marijuana event

A private business club almost as old as Canada held its first-ever marijuana event in downtown Toronto, demonstrating…

News November 30
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