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Surrey, British Columbia, moves to allow legal cannabis retail

Surrey, the second-biggest city in the Canadian province of British Columbia, will allow legal cannabis stores after unanimous…

News April 10
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Ontario regulator fines Cannabis Xpress, alleges pay-to-play

Ontario's cannabis retail regulator, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), fined Cannabis Xpress 200,000 Canadian dollars…

News April 9
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Ontario eyes CA$600 million cannabis windfall, pledges online crackdown

Ontario’s provincial government is budgeting for a record windfall of more than 600 million Canadian dollars ($442 million)…

News March 27
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Canadian cannabis sales drop 11.5% from December to January

Retail sales of legal adult-use cannabis in Canada tumbled by 11.5% from December to January, totaling 400.1 million…

News March 22
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Canadian recreational cannabis sales surpass CA$5 billion in 2023

Canadian recreational cannabis sales were worth 5.07 billion Canadian dollars ($3.8 billion) in 2023, an increase of 12.2%…

News February 22
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Large British Columbia city might allow legal cannabis stores in 2024

Surrey, the second-largest municipality in British Columbia by population, is surveying residents and entrepreneurs over a draft proposal…

News January 29
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How many cannabis stores in Canada closed in ’23? Data paints rough picture

A record number of cannabis stores in Canada might have closed or changed hands in 2023, according to…

News January 29
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Canadian recreational cannabis sales down 6.2% in November

Retail sales of recreational cannabis totaled 412.1 million Canadian dollars ($305.8 million) in November, a decline of 6.2%…

News January 19
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Cannabis prospectuses in Ontario fell dramatically in 2023, data shows

The number of prospectuses filed in Ontario by cannabis companies in connection with public offerings of securities declined…

News January 17
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