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Canadian cannabis retailer High Tide buying Choom stores for CA$5.1 million

Calgary-based adult-use marijuana retail chain High Tide announced a deal to acquire nine stores from Choom Holdings, including…

News July 7
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Canadian cannabis sales rebound strongly in March to record CA$358.8M

Canadian sales of regulated recreational cannabis hit an all-time high of almost 358.8 million Canadian dollars ($279.6 million)…

News May 26
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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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Canadian cannabis retailer warns of possible suit, fallout from OCS leak

An independent cannabis retailer, who claims she tipped off the government-run Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) wholesaler to a…

News May 13
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Weedmaps parent launches digital marijuana retail payments in Canada

Marijuana technology company WM Technology is launching a new integrated digital payment service for cannabis retailers in Ontario,…

News May 12
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Ontario cannabis store count approaches 1,900 amid retail glut worries

New data from Ontario's cannabis retail regulator show nearly 1,500 cannabis stores operating in Canada's biggest adult-use marijuana…

News May 5
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Canada’s adult-use marijuana sales continue decline in Feb. to CA$336.4M

Sales of legal adult-use cannabis in Canada declined 2.9% from January to February, new government retail sales data…

News April 22
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Pace of new Ontario marijuana store openings slowing, OCS report says

The pace of new marijuana store openings in Ontario trended downward at the end of 2021, according to…

News April 14
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Ontario white-label cannabis product deals allowed, retail regulator confirms

Cannabis retailers in Canada's largest adult-use market will be allowed to contract with producers to create white-label and…

News March 28
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