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Quebec cannabis store SQDC posts CA$33 million third-quarter net income

Quebec's government-owned cannabis retail monopoly reported net income of $33 million Canadian dollars ($24.5 million) for its third…

News February 15
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Quebec cannabis retail monopoly SQDC posts CA$94.9 million annual net income

The Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC), the monopoly retailer of legal recreational cannabis in Canada's second-most-populous province, reported…

News June 12
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‘Unusual alliance’ of opponents jeopardizes Arkansas marijuana legalization measure

A motley coalition of religious leaders, pro-Trump politicians and donors as well as progressive cannabis advocates is opposing…

News October 28
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Has Canada reached cannabis retail saturation? Not yet, data firm says

Canada's cannabis industry has been sounding the alarm about oversaturation of retail stores, with the CEO of Sundial…

News May 24
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New opposition leader may overturn Ontario’s cannabis monopoly

The new leader of Ontario’s opposition party, the Progressive Conservatives, will consider giving the free market a greater…

News March 13
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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…

News September 5
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Ohio MJ Campaign to Push ‘Free Market’ Measure

The architect of the biggest failure in modern marijuana politics has vowed to change his ways and come…

News November 19
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