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Ontario’s privately owned cannabis stores reopening to customers Friday

Hundreds of privately owned cannabis retailers across Ontario are preparing to open their doors to in-store customers Friday…

News June 9
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Thrive Cannabis launching Canada’s first farm-gate store in Ontario

Privately held producer Thrive Cannabis says an upcoming retail store at its indoor and outdoor production site in…

News April 21
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Ontario overtakes Alberta to lead Canada in legal cannabis stores

Canada's most populous province, Ontario, has finally surpassed Alberta in terms of the number of licensed cannabis stores…

News April 20
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Cannabis sales in Quebec border city collapse after province hikes age requirement

Cannabis store sales plunged in the Quebec border city of Gatineau after the province raised the legal age…

News April 6
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Why Ontario marijuana retail operator Cannabis Xpress is betting on tiny stores

As far as Chris Jones is concerned, sometimes you have to go small to make it big. The…

News March 26
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Provincial windfall from Ontario Cannabis Store seen rising to CA$170M

Ontario’s monopoly cannabis wholesaler and online retailer, the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS), is forecasted to contribute 170 million…

News March 25
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Ontario, Alberta lead Canadian cannabis sales drop in January

Retail sales of adult-use cannabis products in Canada declined to 282.8 million Canadian dollars ($225 million) in January,…

News March 19
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Ontario Cannabis Store CEO: More stores needed in underserved markets

The chief executive of the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) said growing regulated recreational marijuana sales in Canada’s most-populous…

News March 8
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Canada tallies CA$2.6B in cannabis sales for 2020, up 120% over 2019

Canadian sales of legal recreational cannabis totaled 2.6 billion Canadian dollars ($2.08 billion) in 2020, as December sales…

News February 19
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